UPDATE, 2:25 p.m.: A Cal State Northridge philosophy student was facing a possible charge of making criminal threats for allegedly mumbling that he had a gun and saying "that he planned to use it,'' prompting a partial campus shutdown, officials said Wednesday. Gahren Moradian, 22, of Burbank surrendered to authorities about 8 p.m. Tuesday, Christina Villalobos of CSUN told City News Service.
A young man who allegedly may have muttered something about a gun in or near Cal State Northridge's library was booked after surrendering to campus police Tuesday night.
Those reported comments led to an evacuation of the campus' Oviatt Library Tuesday.
CSUN spokeswoman Carmen Ramos Chandler said she could not say exactly when or where the suspect turned himself in, but a tweet from the Daily Sundial student newspaper said a person of interest surrendered at about 8 p.m.
Los Angeles police at the Devonshire Station said that the man was? booked by campus police at CSUN, but it was unclear for what. A name typically becomes public information once a person is booked in a crime.
By 8:40 p.m. Tuesday, an automated Robocall alerted students and parents that the university had called an "all clear."
The young man was the subject of a manhunt as the university's library was evacuated and searched. The LAPD bomb squad and K-9 units were called in as police swept the building.
University officials posted a photo of the suspect on the CSUN website and Facebook page. It was a rear-view image, taken by a student, of a young man wearing a white T-shirt with the words "Human Rights Violation" in hand-lettering.
Campus police got word of someone talking about a gun at about 10:30 a.m., triggering a search. The campus, however, remained open.
Chandler said someone asked the man if he was OK, and that was when he said he had a gun, though none was seen.
Students and parents were alerted by an automated Robocall and this text message:
This is an emergency notification (Oviatt Library) message for the California State University, Northridge community. At 10:27 this morning University police received information of a white male 5'8 wearing a white tee shirt that says "human rights violation", of?potential middle eastern descent, short spiky hair, short jeans, indicated he had a gun. University police are currently conducting a thorough search of the Oviatt library. Campus is advised to be on the lookout for this individual. If seen - do not approach and contact Police at?818-677-2111. Further information will be released as available.
A fire alarm was pulled in the library to initiate the evacuation. ?There were police at the exits watching us leave,? English major Eduard Cabanban told the Daily Sundial. ?People were confused and just grabbed their stuff and left. I was just real concerned about what was going on.?
By about 1 p.m., police had made an initial sweep of the library. Dogs and their handlers were then sent in.
By mid-afternoon, police escorted students into the library to retrieve personal items left inside, CSUN security guard Augustine Castaneda told the Sundial.
The LAPD and California Highway Patrol searched the campus and surrounding area and found nothing suspicious, Chandler told the Sundial.
City News Service contributed to this report.
Source: http://chatsworth.patch.com/articles/suspect-surrenders-in-csun-gun-scare
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