Court documents released in the case of a Northwest Missouri State University student charged with making terrorist threats show there were allegedly several statements made to harm others by shooting them.
Connor Stottlemyre, 19 of Blue Springs has been charged with both a felony and a misdemeanor for Making a Terrorist Threat. Stottlemyre was taken into custody by Northwest Missouri State University police Wednesday morning. According to court documents Stottlemyre has made several threatening statements on a social media site known as YIK YAK since Nov. 5.
A post was made on the site Nov. 5 at 9:35 p.m. from Maryville that read: “I love evil, I just want to shoot up H&P they’re all bullies especially in Hudson.”
Northwest has a residence hall on the southeast corner of campus called Hudson-Perrin.
Then on Wednesday at 1:14 a.m. another post read, “I’m gonna shoot any black ppl tomorrow so be ready.”
Two minutes later another post was made which said, “I love evil, I can’t wait for Northwest to make the news tomorrow.”
Sergeant David Merrill with the Northwest Missouri State University Police Department said in the documents that a search warrant was issued by the Circuit Court of Nodaway County to YIK YAK requesting all basic subscriber information, the IP address associated with the message, GPS location information and the type of cellphone used to access the application.
Police said the sending cell phone device for all three posts was from approximately the same location located in Perrin Hall on the campus of Northwest Missouri State University and the IP address for all three posts was found to be the same. Police were able to match the cell phone number to a student at Northwest.
“The Northwest Missouri State University, Banner telephone number data base was searched, which resulted in the identification of Connor Sottlemyre as the associated student to that cell phone number,” Sgt. Merrill said. “As a result of the posts the Northwest Missouri State University Police Department received calls from persons about the posts.”
“The University Police Department took measures to notify minority students who were concerned about their safety,” Sgt. Merrill said.
Police sent out a mass emails to make sure students were aware of the social media threat.
University Police arrested Stottlemyre around 11 a.m. Wednesday at his residence hall on campus.
“Stottlemyre confessed to making the post from his cell phone on the above listed dates and being responsible for the posting of the treats on YIK YAK,” Sgt. Merrill said.
He is scheduled to appear for an arraignment, Nov. 17.
Nodaway County Prosecuting Attorney Bob Rice said in a press conference authorities did not believe Stottlemyre intended to carry out the threats.
“He claimed he was not going to seriously do it after an interview with police,” Rice said.