Schools in Utah, Sanpete and Juab counties went into a soft lockdown between 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. Aug. 29 after the Utah County Sheriff’s Office contacted college administrators to report suspicious activity. According to reports a Snow College student was taken into custody after comments they made during online gaming.

UCSO reported Maximus Johnson had made threats about carrying out an active shooter scenario on an online gaming platform. Johnson didn’t threaten any specific schools, and an investigation pinged his location in Ephraim. It was confirmed the man was a student at Snow and “Snow College police officers, with the help of Ephraim Police, Sanpete County Sheriff’s Office, and other agencies, were able to locate him and conduct an investigation,” according to a statement from the college. The Johnson was taken into custody on suspicion of a class B misdemeanor threat of terrorism.