according to court documents, 28-year-old neal prescott was in the process of being fired. monday he called into his pitney-bowes office on capitol heights and told another employee i'm a joker. i'm going to load my guns and blow everybody else. >> the message if you threaten to do harm, kill people, we're going to believe you, and we d did. >> reporter: according to court documents police visited him at his apartment. they say he appeared to be groggy, that he was wearing a t-shirt that said guns don't kill people, i do. this morning police raided prescott's apartment and seized more than 20 guns, and 40 boxes of ammunition, including three 9-millimeter handguns, a 45-caliber semiautomatic, a .357 and various arrivals and shotguns. i think we were surprised by the amounts and types of weapons. >> press coal, who they say is 6'7", 270 pounds, taking to the medical center for mental evaluation. this comes a week after -- for three years, they say, prescott worked for pitney-bowes at this capitol heights facilities where sources say the mail for the u.s. capitol is screened.

this nondescript office park in capitol heights maryland is a target of a mass shooting threat by neal prescott, but the dough workers who he allegedly made the threat to -- the suspect arrested was an employee of a subcontractor to pitney-bowes. at pitney-bowes we have clear security protocols. when we had concerns, we contacted authorities. the suspect has not been on any pitney-bowes property for more than four months. the facility prescott allegedly threatened to shoot up is also home to the tabernacle of praise and worship church. they're getting ready for a youth prayer meeting tonight. >> people are having a hard time dealing with issues of anger and accepting the fact that some things have happened in that you are lives, and it's just -- it's -- it's mind-blowing. >> reporter: two men arrived here in a federal government vehicle this afternoon. they wouldn't say where they were from and when they saw all the news cameras here, they left. we can tell you at this time the facility is still open. reporting live in capitol heights, jackie bensen, news4. >>> the gunman in the shooting in col

these are the more than 20 weapons taken from the home of neal prescott.referred to himself as the joker and threatened supers after losing his job. when police arrested him he was wearing a shirt that said guns don't kill people, i do. >>> in kent can't a college student faces charges for e- mailing a picture of the joker. he filed a complaint against the administrator. when the complaint was dismissed hee mailed the administrator an image of the joker. he pleaded not guilty. >> california is set to sale a record number of guns this year. the department of justice is projecting 725,000 weapons will be legally purchased this year. that would be 100,000 more than were bought last year. officials say gun sales have gone up dramaticly in the past decade throughout the state and across the city. they also say it's difficult to explain why because the state doesn't track reasons for the purchase. >> investigators looking in to what caused a suspicious truck fire last night. the it happened just before midnight. the truck's ghasting caught fire parked in front o

these are the more than 20 weapons taken from the home of neal prescott.ferred to himself as the joker and threatened supers after losing his job. when police arrested him he was wearing a shirt that said guns don't kill people, i do. >>> in kent can't a college student faces charges for e- mailing a picture of the joker. he filed a complaint against the administrator. when the complaint was dismissed hee mailed the administrator an image of the joker. he pleaded not guilty. >> california is set to sale a record number of guns this year. the department of justice is projecting 725,000 weapons will be legally purchased this year. that would be 100,000 more than were bought last year. officials say gun sales have gone up dramaticly in the past decade throughout the state and across the city. they also say it's difficult to explain why because the state doesn't track reasons for the purchase. >> investigators looking in to what caused a suspicious truck fire last night. the it happened just before midnight. the truck's ghasting caught fire parked in front of