UCLA classes were temporarily reverting to remote learning Tuesday after a former instructor posted an alarming video and sent some students and faculty a threatening email, officials said, CBS Los Angeles reports.
Just before midnight Monday, the school announced that all classes would be held remotely Tuesday “out of an abundance of caution.” UCLA had just gone back to in-person learning Monday after holding classes remotely due to the recent COVID-19 surge.
According to UCLA’s student newspaper, the Daily Bruin, the suspect is a former lecturer and former postdoctoral researcher in the school’s philosophy department, Matthew Harris.
“Out-of-state law enforcement has confirmed the person who made threats to UCLA is under observation & not in CA,” the school tweeted Tuesday. “Classes will remain remote today.”
The exact contents of the threatening email weren’t immediately confirmed.
The UCLA Police Department “is actively working with out-of-state & federal agencies on threats sent to some members of our community,” the school tweeted.
The Daily Bruin cites Philosophy Department emails as saying the emailer sent “several communications” to department faculty and students that included “a link to his YouTube video titled ‘UCLA Philosophy (Mass Shooting)’ and an 800-page manifesto outlining threats.”
The video has been taken down by YouTube.
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