A Wikipedia conference in Manhattan devolved into chaos Friday morning when an unhinged Ohio man jumped on stage and pointed a gun at his own head.
Connor Weston, – who had a multi-colored banner draped over his shoulders and a sign around his neck with the words “ANTI-CONTACT NON-OFFENDING PEDOPHILE” – was tackled and disarmed by WikiConference staff before being taken into custody by police, sources said.
He was detained at the conference, which was hosted at the Hyatt Place Chelsea on 24th Street and 7th Ave., NYPD’s 9th Precinct, where he is awaiting charges.
Weston, from Dayton, had registered for the conference, which was being held in New York this year to celebrate the city’s 400th anniversary, according to the event page.
In a late June post on X, he explained that he is “fundamentally against adult/minor relations because I know that they are harmful.”
“I don’t have any ‘urges’ that I have to control, just like how most straight men don’t have the urge to rape every woman they meet,” he wrote. “Pedophilia is not a choice. I can choose to not harm minors, but I cannot choose to stop being attracted to them.”
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