David Levon Swanson, 35, was taken into custody on Saturday for investigation of making terroristic threats, a second-degree felony.
In one comment he posted April 30 on a YouTube video, Swanson wrote, “When I visit your campus in two weeks I'll be able to shoot any employees exiting, from the convenience of my car.”
According to police, Swanson “claimed he meant a video shoot or taking pictures.” But he also told police that he drove to the Bay Area in California — YouTube is headquartered in San Bruno, 12 miles south of San Francisco — “with a firearm in his possession two weeks after posting” the comment about shooting employees.