SUNY Oneonta Student Charged
With Making Terroristic Threats
ONEONTA – A SUNY Oneonta student has been charged with making a terroristic threat after posting that he was going to "shoot up the school" on the popular Yik Yak social media platform.
Brandon Matthew Negron, 20, of New Windsor, was arrested by the New York State University Police at SUNY Oneonta on Sunday evening in connection with a post on YikYak that read "I’m going to shoot up the school. Be prepared Oneonta.”
The University Police launched an investigation Saturday evening after receiving reports of a threatening message posted briefly on Yik Yak at some point between 6 and 7 p.m. Saturday. Preliminary accounts indicated a reference to violence on Monday, but police were not able to see the actual content of the message until yesterday afternoon.
