Update on campus threat Tuesday, February 01, 2022
An update from our post earlier today on the threat that caused UCLA to shift to online classes today: From the LA Daily News: ... UCLA is conducting classes remotely Tuesday, Feb. 1, after a former lecturer sent messages to the university’s staff referencing a mass shooting and other threats, officials said.
Matthew Harris, who was taken into custody Tuesday morning in Boulder, Colorado, emailed links to hundreds of videos on YouTube early Monday and an 800-page manifesto making “specific threats” to people in the university’s philosophy department, university officials said. Late Tuesday morning, the university told students in an email the suspect had been apprehended. “We are greatly relieved to share that law enforcement officers in Colorado have taken into custody the individual who made threats against some members of our UCLA community yesterday,” the email said. “While the campus will continue with plans to keep instruction remote today, with this development, we will return to in-person instruction tomorrow.” Shortly after, Boulder police Chief Maris Herold, during a news conference near where the suspect was taken into custody, said UCLA police learned Harris was living in Boulder and notified Boulder police Monday evening. On Tuesday morning, Boulder officers blocked off the area surrounding his apartment and evacuated a nearby school. Crisis negotiators communicated with him over the phone and persuaded him to surrender at about 11 a.m. Boulder time, Herold said. “Today was a scary day for the people of Boulder,” Boulder County District Attorney 114
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