Man arrested in reference to “faculty shooter” indicators found in 3 New Hampshire communities

BARNSTEAD, N.H. -- A person was arrested Friday after a number of indicators saying "college shooter" had been found in Barnstead, Epsom, and Pittsfield, New Hampshire, the state's Department of Safety announced. Man Hanson, 61, of Pittsfield, faces a number of charges. 

An elevated amount of cops had been positioned at colleges in the communities as a result of the indicators. Multiple faculties initiated lockdowns as a precaution shortly after.

Hanson allegedly placed the signs across the communities, the Department of Security said, but they determined there is no such thing as a credible threat presently.

One such sign was written on a paper plate. The security division launched a photograph of the plate however blurred a part of it "to guard the integrity of the investigation." 

Hanson was arrested on a felony charge of felony threatening and three misdemeanor fees together with false report to regulation enforcement, false public alarm and legal threatening. He is being held in Merrimack County Jail pending a hearing scheduled for Tuesday.

No different suspects have been charged presently. 

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