Person said to be threatening Cal State Northridge is arrested

NORTHRIDGE — A person who allegedly made threats of violence against CSU Northridge on Sunday was arrested by the school’s police department.

The alleged threat was made around 5 p.m. and caused the school’s police department to advise the public to stay away from the campus, and for students who were already there to stay indoors or leave campus, according to KTLA5.

The unidentified person was taken into custody about three hours after the online threat was posted on a private social media account. The person was not a student and police learned the suspect had been arrested in 2016 for making threats against a local high school, channel 5 reported.

The school has since reopened, according to the report.

The suspect was not immediately identified.