Private Detective: Persons of Interest Questioned in EKU Threat

President Michael Benson confirms to LEX 18 that police have questioned persons of interest in the EKU threat that resulted in classes being cancelled.

EKU Police along with other law enforcement agencies are continuing their investigation and provide increased patrols. Although several individuals have been spoken with, there has still been no arrest.

Officials at Eastern Kentucky University cancelled classes Wednesday, October 7th through Friday, October 9th following the threat found inside a campus bathroom Monday morning. The upcoming EKU football game against Tennessee Tech changed venues and will be played in Georgetown.

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This response is all because on the morning of October 5, 2015, the Eastern Kentucky University Police Department issued a Public Safety Alert after receiving a report about graffiti with threatening language. The graffiti, found in a bathroom in the Powell Building, states, “KILL ALL BY 10/8/15 THIS BU OOP.”

Essential services are still open.

According to the Eastern Progress, a spokesperson for the University says that while there is no evidence of an imminent danger, there has been an escalation in the threat from social media. EKU Police officials are also currently looking into all leads of threatening notes slipped into the dorm rooms of females, but so far they haven’t be able to substantiate those reports.

EKU President Michael Benson released a statement reading in part, “Our primary goals in assessing this situation are limiting any safety risks and avoiding disruption to learning and teaching. While we are confident the responding team of law enforcement agencies has kept a watchful eye over our community and is diligently investigating the threat, it has become clear this incident continues to be unsettling to a number of our students, faculty and staff.”

EKU will be on fall break until Wednesday, October 14, 2015.

The university is offering a $10,000 reward for the identification leading to the arrest and conviction of the responsible person or persons.

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