Suspects Allegedly Plotted Obama Shooting

The unidentified female told a U.S. Secret Service special agent "that Adolf, Gartrell, and Johnson were all commenting on how Obama was a 'n-----' and further stated that they 'could not believe how close he was to becoming president and that no n----- should ever live in the White House,'" according to the court documents.

The Denver Police Department released these undated photos of Shawn Robert Adolf, left, Tharin...

The Denver Police Department released these undated photos of Shawn Robert Adolf, left, Tharin Gartrell and Nathan Johnson who authorities initially feared were plotting to assassinate Barack Obama at the Democratic National Convention. They are facing only gun and drug charges, signaling they might not have posed a real threat.

(AP Photo/Denver Police)

The affidavit also summarizes a Secret Service agent's interview with Johnson. The agent, identified by the last name "Torres" in the documents, "confronted Johnson regarding discrepancies in his statements about the recovered firearms, and Johnson began to cry and admitted that Adolf had in fact threatened to kill Obama on a prior occasion," according to the affidavit.

The agent "again asked Johnson whether Adolf and Gartrell were present in Denver, CO to kill Barak [sic] Obama and Johnson stated 'yes.' Johnson then told SA Torres that there were no political reasons for wanting to kill Obama, and that the only reason to kill Obama is because Obama is black," the document said.

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ABC News was unable to locate attorneys for the three men, and the court records did not list counsel for the defendants.

According to the court papers, Johnson stated that after taking time to "chill and do drugs," Adolph and a female companion "began making threatening statements toward Obama," including "statements about killing Obama with a camera with a gun hidden inside the lens. ... Johnson related that Adolf then commented that it wouldn't matter if he killed Obama because he was going to jail on his pending felony charges anyway."

The investigation started after police stopped Gartrell for erratic driving at 1:37 a.m. Sunday, according to law enforcement sources and the court documents.

After checks revealed that Gartrell had a suspended license, police searched the rented Dodge Ram truck he was driving and found two bulletproof vests, wigs, ski masks, walkie-talkies, methamphetamine, a .270 Remington and a .22 Ruger rifle with scope, sources told ABC News. Police said Monday that they believe one of the guns had been stolen.