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[h=4]Feds arrest suspect for threat that closed University of Chicago on Monday[/h]University officials asked students to stay away from campus on Monday.
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Classes were canceled Monday as a precaution after the FBI alerted the university to an online gun threat.
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University of Chicago President Robert Zimmer announced on Sunday that the main campus would be closed Monday after receiving an unspecified threat of gun violence on Monday.(Photo: Adam Alexander Photography)
CHICAGO — Federal authorities arrested a suspect in connection with a<span style="color: Red;">*</span><span style="color: Red;">*</span>gun violence threat that closed the University of Chicago on Monday.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph Fitzpatrick said charges are pending against<span style="color: Red;">*</span><span style="color: Red;">*</span>"an individual in federal custody."
The University of Illinois at Chicago in a statement identified the suspect as a UIC student living off-campus.
The University of Chicago<span style="color: Red;">*</span>canceled classes<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Monday and asked students, faculty and non-essential staff to stay away from its main campus on the city's South Side after<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the FBI warned the school about a threat of gun violence.
"The University was informed by FBI counterterrorism officials<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Sunday) that an unknown individual posted an online threat of gun violence against the University of Chicago, specifically mentioning 'the campus quad' on Monday morning at 10 a.m.," university president Robert Zimmer told the campus community in an email Sunday. "Based on the FBI's assessment of this threat and recent tragic events at other campuses across the country, we have decided in consultation with federal and local law enforcement officials to exercise caution by canceling all classes and activities on the Hyde Park campus through midnight on Monday."
Zimmer had cautioned that there would<span style="color: Red;">*</span>be an increased police and security presence on and around campus, and that the FBI continues to investigate the threat.
The University of Chicago Laboratory Schools (a private elementary and high school), the University of Chicago Charter School campuses, the University libraries, the Quadrangle Club and other campus facilities were<span style="color: Red;">*</span>closed on Monday.
The University of Chicago Medical Center remained open to patients, but Zimmer said patients and staff will see added security measures.
The closure comes less than two months after a gunman killed nine people on the Umpqua Community College campus in Roseburg, Ore.
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