OU closed due to written threats found on campus

04/13/2008
By STEVE STAEGER
Senior Reporter

Threats written on bathroom walls in two academic buildings and the Oakland Center have prompted university officials to close the campus until 7:00 a.m. Tuesday.

“Our crisis management team met early this morning to go over the facts,” said Sam Lucido, OU Chief of Police.

That team made the final decision to close the campus.

“Safety and security are the university’s highest priority and the decision to close campus is consistent with that philosophy,” Lucido said.

The closing comes after phone tips led police to discover a vague threat on the men’s bathroom wall in O’Dowd Hall, and another threat in a men’s room in the Oakland Center Saturday. An e-mail was sent to students after the first message was found and investigated.


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