Homeless Man Charged After Threatening to ‘Shoot All the Rich Kids’ at the University of Texas

Homeless Man Charged After Threatening to ‘Shoot All the Rich Kids’ at the University of Texas
A student walks at the University of Texas campus in Austin, Texas, on June 23, 2016. Jon Herskovitz/Reuters
Simon Veazey
Simon Veazey
Freelance Reporter
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A homeless man has been charged with making a terroristic threat after repeatedly telling a University of Texas (UT) Police Department officer that he was going to go “shoot all the rich kids at UT,” the officer said.

A campus police officer said Dakota Carl Blakely, 25, made the threats “repeatedly and calmly” during a medical examination at Travis County Jail on Sept. 22, where a nurse was also present. Blakely was taken to the jail after he reportedly assaulted a security officer at Dell Seton Medical Center, which is located on the UT campus in Austin.

Simon Veazey
Simon Veazey
Freelance Reporter
Simon Veazey is a UK-based journalist who has reported for The Epoch Times since 2006 on various beats, from in-depth coverage of British and European politics to web-based writing on breaking news.
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