WILLOWBROOK, Calif. (KNX) – On Tuesday, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science closed its campus after officials said the school received a bomb threat.
The historically Black medical school was sent an emailed threat Sunday morning from a white man who identified as a “Neo-Nazi facist," according to the Los Angeles Times. School officials discovered the email on Tuesday.
The suspect claimed to have put “three titanium nitrite sulfuric bombs around the eastern and northern parts of campus” that would go off at 1 p.m., the newspaper reported.
“Out of an abundance of caution, CDU immediately closed the entire campus and notified authorities,” Jonathan Zaleski, director of communications for the college, said in a statement. “The safety of the campus is currently being assessed. The campus will remain closed until it is determined that it is safe to reopen.”
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department launched an investigation into the email.
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