Former SMU student arrested for 'serious, credible threat' against university

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Former SMU student arrested for 'serious, credible threat' against university
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A former graduate student at Southern Methodist University is facing felony charges for threatening to kill the university’s president and more.

Police said they got a tip from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs that Jackel made serious, credible threats while he was a patient at a VA hospital in Bonham.and then said he wanted to kill SMU’s president and faculty members.Allen Premium Outlets announced it will reopen on Wednesday, May 31, about three weeks after eight victims were killed and seven others were injured in a mass shooting at the outlet mall.

He said he planned to "lure the SMU officials into a meeting where he would shoot them to death and then die by ‘suicide by cop,’" the affidavit states. Jackel also talked about making homemade explosive devices and implied that he had a pipe bomb and a hidden room full of weapons inside his home, the document states

SMU police worked with state and federal law enforcement officials to search the house. It’s not clear if they found anything.He is currently being held in the Dallas County jail.

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