No weapons were found during the investigation and he was transported to Boone County Jail in Columbia, Missouri, the school said.
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Hunter M. Park, from the St. Louis suburb of Lake St. Louis, Missouri, was arrested on Wednesday at the Missouri University of Science and Technology (S&T) in Rolla, where he is a sophomore studying computer science.
Students from the University of Colorado Denver are holding a demonstration of solidarity for University of Missouri students on Thursday afternoon.
Park’s bond has been set at $4,500 dollars.
Threats mostly came from users of the anonymous messaging app Yik-Yak.
Hours after Mr Park and Mr Stottlemyre were arrested there were reports of members of the Ku Klux Klan on campus, and a few university buildings were placed on lockdown.
The Daily Beast quotes a statement released by campus police.
“I’m going to stand my ground tomorrow and shoot every black person I see”, another poster wrote. The student body was sent a mass email on Tuesday, asking students to report “hateful/and or hurtful speech” to campus police.
Campus police said the threatening message read, “I’m gonna shoot any black people tomorrow, so be ready”, according to university spokesman Mark Hornickel. Brian Weimer said in a statement.
The threats prompted stepped-up security on the University of Missouri campus, but classes were operating on a regular schedule, authorities said.
After being thrusted into the national spotlight due to boycotts from students and football players at the University of Missouri demanding the resignation of president Tim Wolfe, a few students at Mizzou are now in fear of their life.
The students were demanding changes to what they described as a “culture of racism” at the university.
After protests that culminated in the resignation of the school’s president and chancellor, marches or walk-out are to be held at institutions including Yale University, Ithaca College and Smith College.
COLUMBIA, Mo-University of Missouri Police have apprehended the suspect who posted threats to the campus on YikYak and other social media.
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Social media is also getting involved as a new trending hashtag, #BlackonCampus, launched with African-American students sharing stories of being discriminated against at the college. The student expressed that she didn’t feel safe coming on campus, and the professor responded by saying that “there will be an exam administered in our class”.
