- Defendant
- Jonathan Zheng
- Reddit role
- user
- Charge
- Written threats to kill or conduct a mass shooting
- Jurisdiction
- Pasco County, Florida (threat targeted University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
- Date
- 2023-05
- Subreddit
- r/UIUC
Summary
Jonathan Zheng, of Wesley Chapel, Florida, was arrested after posting on the r/UIUC subreddit a threat to attack the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, from which he had been dismissed. University police worked with Reddit to obtain digital evidence identifying him, and he is reported to have admitted writing the post. He was arrested on a preliminary charge of written threats to kill or conduct a mass shooting.