Man arrested in connection with “school shooter” signs present in 3 New Hampshire communities

BARNSTEAD, N.H. -- A person was arrested Friday after multiple signs saying "school shooter" have been found in Barnstead, Epsom, and Pittsfield, New Hampshire, the state's Department of Safety announced. Guy Hanson, 61, of Pittsfield, faces a number of prices. 

An elevated amount of police officers had been placed at colleges in the communities as a result of the signs. A number of colleges initiated lockdowns as a precaution shortly after.

Hanson allegedly positioned the signs around the communities, the Department of Security mentioned, however they determined there is no credible menace at the moment.

One such sign was written on a paper plate. The safety department released a photo of the plate but 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 costs including 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 right now. 

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