articleA security guard who worked Chicago’s Lollapalooza music festival last weekend is accused of making fake mass shooting threats to get out of work early. Janya Williams, 18, allegedly sent her supervisor an anonymous message via TextNow Friday afternoon that said, "Mass shooting at 4pm location Lollapalooza. When the supervisor told the team about the threat, Williams allegedly told the supervisor that her sister had seen a similar threat on Facebook. The FBI, however, reportedly traced the TextNow message back to Williams’ IP address and iCloud, prosecutors saidShe allegedly admitted to faking the threats "because she wanted to leave work early," prosecutors said, and was arrested for felony making a false terrorism threat. Lollapalooza took place Thursday through Sunday last weekend.

Source: Fox News August 04, 2022 17:14 UTC