Man charged with threat of mass violence at East Carolina University

A man is behind bars after police say he threatened to carry out a mass shooting at one university in Eastern Carolina.

Onslow County deputies arrested Dylan Warbritton Thursday for communicating a threat of mass violence on educational property and resisting a public officer.

East Carolina University police say the 23-year-old, who is not a student at the school, had posted a threat under the university’s Instagram account on Wednesday.

Warrants show that Warbritton threatened to carry out a Columbine-style mass shooting on campus.

As a deputy informed him of his arrest, Warbritton started to pull away and tried to run off, according to court documents.

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