[DrPizza]

WCSU bomb threat determined to be 'hoax' - WFSB 3 Connecticut

DANBURY, CT (WFSB) -
Officials at Western Connecticut State University have determined that a bomb threat that lead to the evacuation of four buildings on campus on Friday afternoon was a hoax.

WCSU officials said an email named the following four buildings; Haas Library, Midtown Student Center, Newbury Hall and University Hall. In the emails, officials said it noted that bombs were in two of those buildings, but WCSU did not release which buildings.

The email came from an unusual domain and WCSU officials said the four buildings were evacuated and placed on lockdown:

There was an increased police presence as well as bomb-sniffing dogs are on the WCSU campus while the threat was investigated by authorities. Everyone in the area was asked to keep "a safe distance away" from the campus during the investigation.

Newbury Hall and University Hall was cleared around 3:15 p.m., while Haas Library and Midtown Student Center were reopened around 3:40 p.m.

"All buildings on both campuses have returned to normal operation. The initial evacuation was prompted by a hoax bomb threat," WCSU tweeted.

[RogerAnthony]

Has there ever been a bomb threat that wasn't a hoax?

[Comp625]

Originally Posted by RogerAnthony

Has there ever been a bomb threat that wasn't a hoax?

Out of those 100 threats, one ends up being genuinely real.

UNH student had assault weapon, clippings of theater shooting, West Haven police say

This one wasn't a bomb, per se, but it was a call into 911 because someone was suspiciously carrying around assault rifles and heavy ammunition at the Shoprite across the UNH campus. It was later discovered that he had Aurora, CO news clippings in his home and was considered a real threat.

I was finishing up my M.B.A. program there at the time, so the reality of these threats hit home to me last year.

Here is an excerpt from the article.

WEST HAVEN >> A commuter student from Fairfield arrested Tuesday near the University of New Haven was armed with two handguns, an assault weapon in his car, and had press clippings in his home of the Aurora, Colo., theater shooting, police say.

William Dong, 22, 1336 Stratfield Road, Fairfield, was charged Wednesday with illegal possession of an assault weapon (a Bushmaster 223 assault rifle found in his car on the floor behind front passenger seat), illegal transport of an assault weapon, breach of peace and illegal possession of a weapon in a motor vehicle. Sgt. David Tammaro released Dong’s booking information in a press release Wednesday and said that Dong was held in lieu of $500,000 bail. Dong was arraigned in Milford Court Wednesday afternoon.

Dong had 2,700 rounds of ammunition in padlocked bedroom, authorities said. What is purported to be his Facebook page shows a photo depicting the Joker. James Holmes, the Aurora shooter, was dressed as the Joker.

Judge Frank Iannotti ordered Dong to undergo a mental examination.

Several items were collected from his home, including numerous pistol magazines, ammunition, and the newspaper clippings.

A rifle was recovered in his car, a gray-blue Toyota RAV4, which was parked in the ShopRite parking lot. Tammaro said numerous pistol magazines, ammunition and newspaper clippings of mass shootings were collected from Dong’s home.

The UNH campus was on lockdown for much of the day.

Tammaro said a 911 call came from the ShopRite lot reporting a man with a rifle. Police “confronted [Dong] within minutes” near the UNH campus and arrested him. In addition to the rifle, ammunition and magazines were found in the Toyota, Tammaro said. He said Dong was the only suspect.

“We have one person actually in custody; weapons were recovered,” Tammaro said. He said the incident “had to be taken as a real threat.” State police, FBI and police from towns including Orange arrived at the parking lot, with as many as two dozen law enforcement vehicles in the lot and on the street.

[RogerAnthony]

True, and there are other shooters that have been thwarted by being reported early. But I can't recall any bomb threat ever turning out in which there was any type of real bomb. They all seem to be kids who think they are bring funny or are trying to get out of a test.