Classes at University of Chicago’s Hyde Park campus have been canceled for Monday after an unknown individual posted an online threat of gun violence, according to the University, reports NBC.
President Robert Zimmer sent a letter to the campus community Sunday to announce the cancellation of all classes and activities on the Hyde Park campus through midnight on Monday.
In the letter,Zimmer wrote that the University was informed by FBI counterterrorism officials that someone posted a threat of gun violence online. The individual reportedly mentioned specifically “the campus quad” on Monday morning at 10 a.m., according to the letter.
“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 wrote.
The full Zimmer letter is here.
"Yay! No class on Monday!"
ReplyDelete"No, no, Timmy! Only for students at the University of Chicago."
"Then the terrorists have really won!"