Man arrested in reference to “faculty shooter” indicators found in 3 New Hampshire communities

BARNSTEAD, N.H. -- A man was arrested Friday after a number of indicators saying "college shooter" had been present in Barnstead, Epsom, and Pittsfield, New Hampshire, the state's Department of Safety announced. Guy Hanson, 61, of Pittsfield, faces a number of charges. 

An increased quantity of law enforcement officials were positioned at schools within the communities as a result of the signs. Multiple schools initiated lockdowns as a precaution shortly after.

Hanson allegedly placed the indicators across the communities, the Department of Security said, but they decided there isn't a credible risk right now.

One such sign was written on a paper plate. The protection department launched a photograph of the plate however blurred a part of it "to guard the integrity of the investigation." 

Hanson was arrested on a felony cost of criminal threatening and three misdemeanor charges together with false report back to regulation enforcement, false public alarm and legal threatening. He is being held in Merrimack County Jail pending a listening to scheduled for Tuesday.

No different suspects have been charged presently. 

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