MINNEAPOLIS — A 22-year-old University of Minnesota student had his guns seized after he allegedly posted pictures of himself with various weapons in his apartment near the Twin Cities campus.
The Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office says the student had been observed playing a “school shooting video game” and had become “reclusive,” missing much of the first semester of class.
In several WeChat posts, the student posted pictures of a black assault rifle with ammunition and a machete from what appears to be inside his apartment, according to the sheriff’s office.
A witness reported to investigators that the student had told them he had a rifle and shotgun, according to court documents. The witness also said they had noticed an injury on the student’s forearm, who told him that he was injured because he did not have the safety on.
The same witness also told investigators they had seen the student looking at a game in which the main character “shoots up her school.”