Security guard at Lollapalooza faked mass shooting threat to leave work early: prosecutors

Janya Williams, a Lollapalooza security guard, was charged with one felony count of making a false terrorism threat. (Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times file)

A security guard at Lollapalooza allegedly faked a mass shooting threat at the festival Friday to get out of work.

Janya Williams, 18, allegedly sent a message to a witness’s cellphone at 2:50 p.m. Friday that read “Mass shooting at 4 p.m. Location Lollapalooza We have 150 targets,” according to a proffer prepared by Cook County prosecutors.