Crime & Safety

Arrest Made In CSUN Threat That Shut Down Campus

Threats of violence against CSU Northridge Sunday prompted shelter-in-place orders. Police believe the suspect made school threats before.

One person was arrested after a threat was made against CSU Northridge Sunday.
One person was arrested after a threat was made against CSU Northridge Sunday. (Emily Rahhal/Patch)

NORTHRIDGE, CA — A person who made threats of violence against CSU Northridge Sunday has been arrested, the school's police department announced.

The alleged threat was made around 5 p.m. and caused the school's police department to advise the public to stay away from the campus and for students who were already there to stay indoors or leave campus, according to KTLA5.

The unidentified person was taken into custody about three hours after the online threat was posted on a private social media account. The person was not a student and police learned the suspect had been arrested in 2016 for making threats against a local high school, channel 5 reported.

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The school has since reopened, according to the report.

There suspect was not immediately identified.

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