The Feds Are Looking Into 4chan Thread with Rumored Connection to Oregon Shooter

Federal investigators are looking into a 4chan thread that got a lot of online attention today as being potentially posted by the Oregon shooter.

This is the post that got a lot of attention today after it was believed that the shooter could have sent it:

The first line reads “Some of you guys are alright. Don’t go to school tomorrow if you are in the northwest.”

And considering how someone (identified now as Chris Harper Mercer) went to a school in the northwest and killed ten people, this is now actually being taken seriously.

According to The New York Times, federal law enforcement officials are looking into that thread to see if it has any connection to the shooting whatsoever.

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