COLUMBIA, Mo. — A 19-year-old man suspected of posting online threats to shoot black students and faculty was arrested Wednesday, authorities said, adding to the racial tensions at the heart of the protests that led to the resignations of two University of Missouri leaders earlier this week. Hunter M. Park, of Rolla, was arrested shortly before 2 a.m. and taken to jail in Columbia, about 75 miles to the northwest. Campus police booked him on a preliminary charge of suspicion of making a terrorist threat. No weapons were found. Park, who has not yet been formally charged, is a student at Missouri Science and Technology. He was being held on $4,500 bond. The posts, discovered Tuesday on...
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