Court documents state that Faniel made the threat while riding in a car with the family member and his girlfriend.
State and local police descended on Holyoke Community College Feb. 26 after a student allegedly made a threat against a family member and the campus.
HOLYOKE - A 23-year-old Springfield man, who allegedly threatened to kill a family member last week and then go to Holyoke Community College “and shoot up the place," was released on $50,000 personal surety following a dangerousness hearing Wednesday in District Court.
Cameron Faniel, of 383 Beacon Circle, denied a charge of bomb / hijack threat with serious public alarm during his arraignment Feb. 27 in District Court.
Judge Maureen Walsh ordered Faniel to be held without right to bail pending Wednesday’s dangerousness hearing.
Court documents state that Faniel made the threat while riding in a car with the family member and his girlfriend.
Faniel and the family member were involved in an argument and he threatened to kill that family member and “go to Holyoke Community College and kill everyone,” according to an application for complaint which was written by state Trooper Michael Tucker and included in court documents.
The complaint makes no mention of any firearms or other weapons, other than Faniel’s alleged threat to “shoot up the place.”
The threatened family member then called Springfield police, “the threat was relayed to other agencies and as a result, the entire Holyoke Community College campus was evacuated,” according to the complaint.
That evacuation caused traffic jams and took more than an hour, some students have said. It has prompted the college to consider ways to improve that process in the event of another emergency.
A pretrial hearing was set for April 24.