By
the A.M. Costa Rica
staff
Agents of the Judicial
Investigation Organization
report that "the case of the
student arrested on Wednesday
for threatening other students
with a shotgun, will be handled
by the directors of the University of
Costa Rica* because that
type of threat was considered "a
crime of private threat.”
For that reason, the student's
name was not revealed until the
official complaint was filed.
According to the Department of
Security and Transit of the
University of Costa Rica, on
Wednesday at 12:10 noon, the
alert was received on the
emergency line of the
University, (number 2511-4911),
where it was reported that a man
had entered with a shotgun and
threatened the students of the
Association of Students of the
School of Psychology, of the Faculty of
Social Sciences*.
"Immediately the officers moved
to the place, the first officer
to arrive at the building (in
less than a minute after the
alert), found an apparent
shotgun lying on the ground,"
said the officers in their
report.
According to the Office of
Disclosure and Information of
the University, the man is also
a student of psychology at the
University.
Apparently, the man entered the
building of Social Sciences,
threatened the students, then,
before the students could panic,
man decided to flee throwing the
weapon down.
The officers of the University,
after doing research and
follow-up with security videos,
found the suspect inside the
University.
"An operation was carried out in
the three areas of the
university and the internal
buses of students were reviewed
to find the suspect responsible
for the incident, who was
arrested at the Rodrigo Facio
campus*," the police
report said.
The Rodrigo Facio campus is
located approximately one
kilometer west of the Social
Sciences building where the
suspect threatened the students.
According to the investigative
section of the Judicial
Investigation Organization, when
they arrived at the scene, they
identified the shotgun as a toy.
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Department
of Security of the
University of
Costa Rica
courtesy photo
Apparently,
the man entered
the building of
Social Sciences,
threatened the
students, then,
before the
students could
panic, man
decided to flee
throwing the
weapon down.
The
student
suspect was
arrested by
the security
officers of
the University
and handed
over to the
officers of
the Ministry
of Security.
The
Vice-rectory
of Student
Life of the
University
will analyze
the situation
to see what
motivated the
student to
make threats,
and then
establish the
sanctions
against the
student.
It is expected
that in the
next hours,
the directors
of the
university
will give more
information
about the
sanctions that
will apply to
the student.
After the
incident, the
University
continued with
its regular
class
schedule.
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Should
the University
directors make
an official
complaint
against the
suspect?
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thoughts on this
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