Self-described Ohio 'incel' sentenced to 6 years behind bars after planning to kill sorority girls in manifesto

An Ohio man who described himself as an "incel" — a moniker that stands for "involuntary celibate" — has been delivered a six-year sentence behind bars after pleading guilty to a hate crime charge, according to Fox News Digital.

Tres Genco, 24, originally from Hillsboro, reportedly admitted to drawing up hate crime plans to shoot 3,000 people. The specific group he wanted to target was sorority girls at a university in Ohio in 2021. In 2019, Genco wrote in a manifesto that he wanted "death" to come upon women he had been "deprived" of but fantasized about "having."

U.S. Attorney Kenneth L. Parker said in a statement on February 29 that "Genco intended to carry out a devastating mass murder of innocent women in this state for no other reason than the fact that he hated them. Everybody deserves to live without threats of violence or fearing acts of terror."

"Genco’s sentence reflects the need to protect the community from him for a significant period of time. I thank each of our law enforcement partners for working together to keep our community safe."

In the strange manifesto, entitled "A Hideous Symphony, a manifesto written by Tres Genco, the socially exiled incel," the then-19-year-old jotted down that he planned to "go into the U.S. Army" to prepare for "the attainment of one reality," according to an indictment.

The incel movement is an online community of men who characterize themselves as "involuntarily celibate," who often experience hatred and anger toward women and blame them for their own lack of a sexual life, prosecutors noted.

The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Ohio noted that Genco harbored hatred toward the very women he fantasized about and wished he could have.

Genco wrote: "I will slaughter out of hatred, jealousy, and revenge."

"I will take away the power of life that they withhold from me, by showing there is more than just happiness and fulfillment, there is encompassing death, the great equalizer that will bear all of us into its seductively calm velvet of silence and serenity."

In an online post, Genco explained how he had sprayed "some foids [women] and couples" with a water gun that had orange juice in it. He compared his "extremely empowering action" to a similar action carried out by known incel Elliot Rodger.

In May 2014, Rodger went on a killing spree, murdering six people and injuring 14 others, including shooting individuals outside a University of California, Santa Barbara, sorority house. Just before Rodger carried out the horrific attack, he shot a group of students with a water gun filled with orange juice.

Rodger also reportedly emailed a 107,000-word manifesto to media outlets before he carried out the mass shooting.

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