Brian Martin

“The most concerning thing that we're seeing is these groups are encouraging these young people that they're targeting to commit self-harm, cutting, carving symbols and words into their bodies,”

Brian Martin · said 2026-10-14 · reported 2026-10-24

Detective Brian Martin described the concerning tactics of online extremist groups at a Fort Wayne news conference.

“They're such predators that they want this to be video recorded or live streamed to them while they're doing this.”

Brian Martin · said 2026-10-14 · reported 2026-10-24

Martin added that the predators want the harmful acts to be video recorded or live streamed to them.

“They're encouraging our children to send explicit photos, nude photos of themselves. They're encouraging our young people to commit self-mutilation. They are encouraging to harm family pets, to torture pets,”

Brian Martin · said 2026-10-14 · reported 2026-10-24

Martin continued describing how the groups encourage explicit photos, self-mutilation, and harm to family pets.