Authorities are pursuing a person who allegedly made a number of violent threats in direction of a California faculty basketball crew and its gamers after a current loss.

In line with stories, the threats allegedly got here from an Indiana man on social media following California State College Lengthy Seaside's 72-71 loss to California State College Fullerton, within the finals of the Huge West championship match.

The alleged threats have been posted to the California State College Lengthy Seaside's crew Fb web page shortly after the sport. In line with stories, the unidentified man allegedly left a number of messages threatening, amongst different issues, to poison gamers, hurt the households of coaches, and blow up buildings. The contents of the alleged posts have been revealed, based on the Lengthy Seaside Press, in a search warrant filed in Lengthy Seaside Superior Courtroom.

A lot of the threats seemed to be reserved for senior level guard Colin Slater. In messages directed at Slater, the suspect allegedly mentioned he should die "by a bullet" and shared photos of himself in possession of a pocketknife. These messages additionally allegedly included a litany of racist language.

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Police are trying to find a person who made quite a few violent threats in direction of California State Lengthy Seaside faculty basketball gamers after they misplaced a sport. Above, a representational picture of California State Lengthy Seaside gamers throughout a sport.Peter G. Aiken/Getty Photos

Cal State Fullerton's crew, regardless of successful the sport, additionally allegedly acquired violent messages from the person. One message included a menace to slit the throats of whoever ran the crew's Fb web page. The motivation behind the messages is unknown right now.

"[The threats] have been fairly particular, they have been menacing," Cal State Lengthy Seaside College Police Lieutenant Carol Almaguer mentioned in a press release to the Lengthy Seaside Day by day Information. "The character of the threats have been towards their lives principally; there have been some racial slurs inside that very same textual content thread."

The search warrant indicated that not less than one scholar focused within the messages plans to press costs. Their id has not but been made public.

Native police are actually collaborating with the workplace of the Indiana District Legal professional as they work to find the person. As soon as he's in custody, they plan to cost the person with two felony counts of intimidation with a lethal weapon.

In a tweet from Thursday referencing the continued investigation, Cal State Lengthy Seaside President Jane Shut Conoley referenced two different unnamed people who additionally threatened college students.

"[The Long Beach State Police] Division labored to guard our campus in superb methods over simply the previous few days," Conoley wrote. "Two people arrested who threatened college students and employees members and one other to be prosecuted out of state for sending loss of life threats to a scholar. Thanks!"

Whereas the investigation continues, Cal State Lengthy Seaside will probably be providing assist to the scholar athletes focused.

Newsweek reached out to the Lengthy Seaside State Police Division however didn't hear again previous to publication.