The man, who officials said was carrying two guns, appeared to post statements aligning himself with a far-right militia on Facebook.

An armed North Carolina man was arrested after it was reported that he had made comments about “possibly harming FEMA employees” involved in hurricane relief efforts in the state, authorities said.

William Jacob Parsons, 44, was arrested Saturday after the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office received a call saying the caller witnessed Parsons making threatening comments about Federal Emergency Management Agency responders in Lake Lure and Chimney Rock, the sheriff’s office said in a news release.

The initial report was made by a soldier who was part of hurricane response in the area, said a sheriff’s office representative, who said the soldier witnessed the man making the threats in a store in Rutherford County.