Ohio student accused of threat won't face felony

KENT, Ohio (AP) — A Kent State University student accused of posting on Twitter that he would be “shooting up” the Ohio campus is no longer facing a felony charge.

Prosecutors say a grand jury refused to indict the student on a felony charge of inducing panic. Instead, he now faces a lesser charge of telecommunications harassment.

Nineteen-year-old William Koberna was in court today for a preliminary hearing. He was arrested nearly a week ago near Cleveland after the university contacted police about the tweet.

Kent State officials say a profanity-laced tweet sent July 25 included a threat that he would be “shooting up” the school.

The university said earlier this week that the student would be on an interim suspension. A judge told him to stay away from the school.