Andrew Mercado, a Twin Cities-based independent journalist and U.S. Army veteran, has received a threatening video message recorded outside of his apartment door in Minneapolis.

The threat appears to have come from Jayden Scott, a right-wing provocateur who was in Minneapolis earlier this month when he was recorded screaming, "We executed one of you yesterday," the day after Renee Good was fatally shot by an ICE agent.

"Jayden Scott and unknown accomplices have found where I live and posted a video online outside of my door," Mercado posted Wednesday. "I have my apartment management and local police involved."

Mercado, who has been live-streaming ICE operations and protests during Operation Metro Surge, shared the threatening video to his social media accounts.

It shows Scott leaning against the wall outside of his apartment, letting Mercado know that he knows where he lives.

"Andrew, your video, it was cute. However, the Temu Punishers, we got your address, we know who you are. Watch your f****** mouth. You hear me? Watch your f****** mouth," Scott says. "Commies, stand down. We broke into your Signal groups, we hacked your sites. You dumb f****** five-coded out a site that should've been locked down. And, Andrew, watch your f****** mouth, b**** boy."

At the end of the video, another voice is heard saying, "Misinformation comes with consequences."

Scott also posted the video to his X account, calling Mercado a "commie insurgent."

Had to perform a popup crusader visit to PROPAGANDIST MARXIST @Guru_Merc & @MercadoMedia1 personal home.

Stand down commie insurgent.

You are in over your head. pic.twitter.com/M28wNgSHjD

— Jayden Scott (@MRSCOTT1776) January 28, 2026

Bring Me The News has reached out to police for comment on the situation.

"I will obviously have to move so the more people that are aware of this situation the better," Mercado added. "This guy is already in legal trouble, and this stunt could prevent them from inflicting further pain on the City of Minneapolis. Share it far and wide."

Scott, 23, recently served a 7-day jail sentence in Michigan after failing to show up for a child custody hearing, bay according to ABC 12 News.

In a 10-minute reaction video on social media, Mercado explained why he thinks Scott is targeting him.

"All I did is post the video he made," Mercado said, referring to Scott's social post in which he's dressed in a tactical vest and holding an American flag, saying "we are now fighting an insurgency" and heading to Minneapolis "to restore law and order."

Mercado also admitted that he mocked Scott with nicknames such as "Temu Punishers" and by overlaying his original post with Sabrina Carpenter's "Espresso."

They Found Where I Live… https://t.co/ba8acs8hC9

— Mercado Media (@MercadoMedia1) January 28, 2026