LOS ANGELES — Federal prosecutors have charged a former UCLA lecturer with making criminal threats across state lines in connection with a video he sent students and faculty referencing a mass shooting, which in turn prompted a campus shutdown.
Matthew Harris, 31, was charged in U.S. District Court in Denver, according to the U.S. attorney’s office. The charges were filed earlier this week but were only made public Thursday.
Harris was apprehended Tuesday in Boulder by a police SWAT team after a three-hour standoff at his apartment building, authorities said. His arrest came after he sent the video by email to members of UCLA’s philosophy department.
