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University of Maryland student hospitalized after making threats of campus violence

March 12, 2012
19-year-old man allegedly posted warnings online that he would go on a “shooting rampage”

From WJLA-TV: A University of Maryland student is being held for psychiatric evaluation after threatening on the Internet to go on a shooting rampage at the College Park campus. University police say the student posted statements to websites, saying “I will be on a shooting rampage tomorrow on campus,” “hopefully I kill enough people to make it to national news,” and “stay away from the Mall tomorrow at 1:30.” Alexander Song, 19, of Fulton, Md., was arrested and taken to a hospital for an emergency psychiatric evaluation.

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