A 22-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of making false claims about a possible active shooter at the Los Angeles County Fair. He did so because he was hoping to avoid going to the fair with his parents.
A 22-year-old Sylmar man arrested on suspicion of making false claims about a possible active shooter at the Los Angeles County Fair did so because he was hoping to avoid going to the fair with his parents, Pomona police said.
Erik Villasenor, who lives with his parents in Sylmar, was arrested late Friday on suspicion of emailing the threat to the fair association, Olivieri said. The chief said that in the email Villasenor told fair officials that “someone was planning on doing a mass shooting Sunday at the fairgrounds,” and he just wanted to “inform you guys.”
“He ultimately admitted it was a hoax,” Olivieri said of Villasenor’s alleged claims about a shooter. “He was taken into custody and transported to the Pomona City Jail, where he was booked on those threats.” In the wake of recent mass shootings around the country, the L.A. County Fair’s operators had beefed up security.“In light of the environment, we’ve made significant investment to make sure our guests and employees are safe,” Miguel Santana, chief executive of Fairplex, told The Times in early August. The private nonprofit Fairplex operates the fair, which is underway at its 487-acre facility in Pomona through next Sunday.
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