Police: ex-Md. student reported rampage threat

Police: ex-Md. student reported rampage threat

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Police at the University of Maryland say three Internet users alerted them that a current student was planning a shooting rampage on campus.

Police Chief David Mitchell said today that authorities first learned of the online threat Saturday night from a former student who used to work as an aide for the police department. He says two other people reported seeing similar threats online Sunday morning.

Alexander Song, a 19-year-old honor student, was taken into custody on campus Sunday morning. Police say he was unarmed at the time. Miller says Song admitted to feeling stressed and was shaking and crying at the time of his arrest.

Mitchell says police were called about a week ago to a dormitory for a report of a person screaming loudly. Police at the time interviewed Song but did not find him to be a danger to himself or others.