Western Kentucky University Police have arrested a 22-year-old student who threatened to shoot students on campus. The threat was made over social media yesterday morning, and was reported to police by another student.
Investigators charged Ryan Ashford of Fallon, Illinois, with terroristic threatening.
WKU Police Captain Dominic Ossello says it’s critical that students and members of the community report violent threats.
“Obviously we take these threats very seriously, especially in today’s time," Ossello said. "And we want students to understand that if they ever see something like this, if they see something on social media, that we are more than happy to investigate them and attempt to get a conviction and rather quick turnaround on it.”
Ashford lived on campus and told police he made the threat because he was upset and frustrated.
