Breaking news out of Missouri. The suspect who posted threats to the social media platform YikYak has been apprehended:
MUPD have apprehended the suspect who posted threats to campus on YikYak and other social media. Go to @MUalert for more details.
— MU Police (@MUPDpolice) November 11, 2015
MUPD has apprehended the suspect who posted threats to campus on YikYak & other social media: https://t.co/HcjpmzLqAC
— MU Alert (@MUalert) November 11, 2015
Here’s a screenshot of one of the threat that was made to YikYak and widely shared last night:
Someone back at @Mizzou sent me this screenshot from @YikYak there. Terrible what students are dealing with. #Mizzou pic.twitter.com/lcq6J9v69q
— Eli Yokley (@eyokley) November 11, 2015
There’s still not a lot known about the suspect, but @MUalert reports that he (or she) was “not located on or near the MU campus at the time of the threat”:
University of Missouri Police have apprehended the suspect who posted threats to campus on YikYak and other social media. The suspect is in MUPD custody and was not located on or near the MU campus at the time of the threat. We will update this website as additional information is confirmed. MU is operating on a regular schedule. Please check here for official information. Safety is the university’s top priority and we are working hard to assure that the campus remains safe while information is obtained and confirmed.
As we told you earlier, the campus was on edge last night because of these social media threats as well as a rumor spread by the student body president that the KKK was spotted on campus:
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Mizzou's student body president apologizes for scaring everybody with false KKK on campus rumor [screenshot] https://t.co/H4BMdKL1qp
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) November 11, 2015
We’ll update this post as soon as we know more.
Update. The suspect has been identified as 19-year-old Hunter Park and according to police, he is not a student at the university. They are not releasing a “mug shot of Park for his safety.”
MUPD identified 19 year old Hunter Park as suspect in campus threats. They arrested him in Rolla, a town almost 2 hours away from Columbia
— Ashley Zavala (@ZavalaA) November 11, 2015
Hunter Park arrested on suspicion of making a terroristic threat, with bail set at $4,500.
— Matt Pearce ? (@mattdpearce) November 11, 2015
MUPD arrested Hunter M. Park, 19, in relation to the Yik Yak threat yesterday. He was contacted in Rolla, MO. pic.twitter.com/SjUWM9eHcw
— Mark Kim (@MarkJKim_) November 11, 2015
Mizzou threat suspect Hunter Michael Park, 19, is white, and he lists his home as Lake St. Louis, according to jail records.
— Matt Pearce ? (@mattdpearce) November 11, 2015
Update 2. Mugshot released:
Hunter Park's mugshot, released by the Boone County Jail, where he's being held on $4,500. pic.twitter.com/XL02UdudBn
— Matt Pearce ? (@mattdpearce) November 11, 2015
Editor’s note: This post has been updated.
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