The Connecticut Dining Hall
Two UConn students have been arrested in connection with a frightening incident inside a dining hall on campus last week.
It happened Nov. 7 when someone came into the Connecticut Dining Hall and yelled for students to get on the ground while implying he had a gun.
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According to UConn police, that person was a student holding a cell phone who was reenacting a viral TikTok video as a second student recorded the incident on his cell phone.
The student holding the phone and yelling was charged with second-degree breach of peace, first-degree threatening/displaying a firearm, and conspiracy to commit first-degree threatening/displaying a firearm.
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The student who recorded the incident was charged with second-degree breach of peace and conspiracy to commit threatening/displaying a firearm.
Both were released on $50,000 bonds.
