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EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. - A university student was arrested after he allegedly threatened a "murderous rampage" similar to the Virginia Tech shootings that left 32 people and the gunman dead, authorities said.

A gun dealer had alerted federal authorities about the man, saying he had seemed overly anxious to get a shipment of semiautomatic weapons, according to an affidavit filed in court by a police detective.

Olutosin Oduwole, who was taking summer classes at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, was charged Tuesday with attempting to make a terrorist threat, a felony.

He remained jailed Wednesday in lieu of $1 million bail.

According to the affidavit, the 22-year-old wrote a note demanding that money be deposited to a PayPal account, threatening that "if this account doesn't reach $50,000 in the next 7 days then a murderous rampage similar to the VT shooting will occur at another highly populated university. THIS IS NOT A JOKE!"

The note had suggested the shooting would target a "prestigious" university, but that word was crossed out. There was no direct mention of Southern Illinois University.

Authorities found the note Friday in Oduwole's car on campus, said university spokesman Greg Conroy. Police also said they found a loaded gun in Oduwole's dorm room.

The detective said in the affidavit that Oduwole, of Maplewood, N.J., had recently bought three .38-caliber semiautomatic guns online but had not yet received them, and also had ordered a .45-caliber semiautomatic gun similar to an Uzi.

A gun dealer alerted the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives because Oduwole "appeared very anxious to get these firearms and seemed very impatient," the affidavit said.

According to a search warrant, police also seized a picture of Oduwole flashing gang signs, a camcorder and U.S. and Nigerian passports. The court documents did not list the name on those passports.

Calls on Wednesday to Oduwole's attorney, John Cernkovich, rang busy.

The Madison County state's attorney did not immediate respond to a message seeking comment.

Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville is about 20 miles northeast of St. Louis and has an enrollment of about 13,500 students

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Atleast they caught it before it happened.

im starting to wonder if i should raise my kids in the mountains away from society

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throw the book at him!! the gun dealer was a wise man.

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I suppose the 'attempt' is that they found the note in his car. I assume they believe he was going to post this somewhere, or give it to someone. As he hadn't yet done so, it was still only an attempt.

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Atleast they caught it before it happened.

im starting to wonder if i should raise my kids in the mountains away from society

I've wondered the same thing sometimes....sheesh! I don't think it matters where you go...there are insane idiots everywhere, even in this podunk town we live in....and we're at the base of the Appalachians.

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According to the affidavit, the 22-year-old wrote a note demanding that money be deposited to a PayPal account, threatening that "if this account doesn't reach $50,000 in the next 7 days then a murderous rampage similar to the VT shooting will occur at another highly populated university. THIS IS NOT A JOKE!"

That's smart -- everyone knows that PayPal accounts are untraceable! :wacko:

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According to the affidavit, the 22-year-old wrote a note demanding that money be deposited to a PayPal account, threatening that "if this account doesn't reach $50,000 in the next 7 days then a murderous rampage similar to the VT shooting will occur at another highly populated university. THIS IS NOT A JOKE!"

That's smart -- everyone knows that PayPal accounts are untraceable! :wacko:

sounds like a Nigerian scam to me... :whistle:

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According to the affidavit, the 22-year-old wrote a note demanding that money be deposited to a PayPal account, threatening that "if this account doesn't reach $50,000 in the next 7 days then a murderous rampage similar to the VT shooting will occur at another highly populated university. THIS IS NOT A JOKE!"

That's smart -- everyone knows that PayPal accounts are untraceable! :wacko:

sounds like a Nigerian scam to me... :whistle:

Maybe the emails weren't as successful as they hoped?

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I live in Edwardsville, and haven't heard all that much about it. My husband works at the university and he told me about it yesterday, maybe it'll make the news tonight, although usually all ksdk reports on is St. Louis it seems!

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I live in Edwardsville, and haven't heard all that much about it. My husband works at the university and he told me about it yesterday, maybe it'll make the news tonight, although usually all ksdk reports on is St. Louis it seems!

sister, it is in the Post and local papers..

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Atleast they caught it before it happened.

im starting to wonder if i should raise my kids in the mountains away from society

I've wondered the same thing sometimes....sheesh! I don't think it matters where you go...there are insane idiots everywhere, even in this podunk town we live in....and we're at the base of the Appalachians.

So true. I was gonna say... I think raising your kids away from society increases the risk of them turning into people without social skills who end up feeling isolated and wanting to pull this same type of stunt.

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