UPDATE: Nov. 30, 2015, 1:28 PM ET
CHICAGO (AP) — Federal authorities say a suspect is in custody related to a threat at the University of Chicago that led to the school canceling all classes and activities scheduled for Monday on its main campus.
Joseph Fitzpatrick, a spokesman for the U.S. attorney’s office in Chicago, says the individual is in federal custody and that charges are pending “in connection with the threat at the University of Chicago.”
He provided no additional details.
The university said in a statement Sunday night that an online threat from an unknown person mentioned the quad, a popular gathering place, and 10 a.m. Monday.
ORIGINAL POST:
One of the nation’s top universities called off classes on the first day students are due back from the Thanksgiving holiday because of an online threat.
The University of Chicago said all classes and activities are canceled Monday after the FBI passed on an online threat of gun violence on the campus quad at 10 a.m. Monday.
The decision, which the FBI says the university made, could affect more than 30,000 students, faculty and staff who work on the Hyde Park campus south of downtownChicago.
Students who live on campus are advised to stay indoors. The only facility that remains open is the medical center, which will treat patients but have added security.
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“On second thought, I think me and my family might go to Greenland,” said Ahmad, a Syrian refugee bound for the U.S.
the new ‘normal’
No terrorism here, just good clean white American men having a little fun. If the perp is brown than OH MY GOD!!! TERROR! FEAR! THUGS! SYRIANS! CNN and Fox will be on the SPOT 24/7 with this DEVELOPING story of FEAR and TERROR GRIPPING the nations heartland!
Stuff like this is much more common around exam time, not the 1st day after a holiday. My career was at a university and I’ve experienced this sort of thing before but not in the present era of instant fear. This could be a student behaving very very foolishly or something way more serious and those in charge have to err on the side of caution.
Which is highly profitable for the F.F.P. (F.F.M.)