A Las Vegas man has been charged with plotting a bomb attack on a gay club and a synagogue.

According to the FBI, security guard Conor Climo, 23, was found to be in possession of bomb-making materials and was "communicating with individuals who identified with a white supremacist extremist organization using the National Socialist Movement to promote their ideology.”

“Threats of violence motivated by hate and intended to intimidate or coerce our faith-based and LGBTQ communities have no place in this country,” Nicholas Trutanich, U.S. Attorney for Nevada, said in a news release.

“Law enforcement in Nevada remains determined to use the full weight of our investigative resources to prevent bias-motivated violence before it happens.”

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The Las Vegas Joint Terrorism Task Force first started investigating communications between Climo and the neo-Nazi, white supremacist group Atomwaffen Division. FBI officials say that group has a history of targeting minorities, homosexuals and Jews.

Throughout 2019, Climo engaged in encrypted communications with the groups, the FBI said. Authorities say he frequently used homophobic, anti-Semitic and racial slurs. He specifically discussed attacking a synagogue and a Fremont Street club catering to an LGBTQ clientele. The FBI would not specifically identify either potential target.

ABC News further reports that while authorities looked through Climo’s home, they allegedly “found a sketch outlining two ‘infantry squads’ attacking the Fremont Street bar with firearms.”

Since his arrest, video of Climo’s 2016 television interview with KTNV has resurfaced. In it, he discussed patrolling the Centennial Hills neighborhood. On hand he had an AR-15 assault rifle and four magazines that each contained 30 rounds of ammunition.

The latest development in this case, according to a court document, is that Climo also sketched out plans to target a McDonald’s restaurant. “The defendant talked about the attack as a suicide mission,” U.S. Magistrate Judge Nancy Koppe wrote in a detention order.

Climo was arrested on Aug. 8. He is looking at up to 10 years in prison, plus a $250,000 fine.