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U.S. Department of Justice United States Attorney Northern District of Illinois ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Zachary T. Fardon Everett McKinley Dirksen United States Courthouse United States Attorney 219 South Dearborn Street, 5th Floor

Chicago, Illinois 60604 (312) 353-5300

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 30, 2015

CHICAGO MAN CHARGED WITH POSTING ONLINE THREAT OF GUN VIOLENCE AT UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO

CHICAGO — A Chicago man was arrested today for allegedly threatening to murder students

and staff at the University of Chicago.

JABARI R. DEAN, 21, of Chicago, is charged with transmitting a threat in interstate

commerce. He is scheduled to make an initial appearance today at 3:00 p.m. before U.S. Magistrate

Judge Susan E. Cox.

Dean was arrested without incident this morning. In a Thanksgiving weekend posting on a

social media website, Dean stated that he would execute approximately sixteen students or staff

members on the campus quad of the University of Chicago on Nov. 30, 2015, according to a criminal

complaint and affidavit filed in U.S. District Court in Chicago. Dean also stated in the posting that

he would die “killing any number of white policemen that I can in the process,” according to the

complaint.

Federal authorities identified Dean and confronted him prior to the 10:00 a.m. deadline

referenced in the threat.

The arrest and charge were announced by Zachary T. Fardon, United States Attorney for the

Northern District of Illinois; Michael J. Anderson, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Chicago Office of

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the Federal Bureau of Investigation; Chicago Police Superintendent Garry F. McCarthy; and the

University of Chicago Police Department.

The charge carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison. If convicted, the Court must

impose a reasonable sentence under federal statutes and the advisory United States Sentencing

Guidelines.

The public is reminded that a complaint is not evidence of guilt. The defendant is presumed

innocent and is entitled to a fair trial at which the government has the burden of proving guilt

beyond a reasonable doubt.

The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Tobara S. Richardson and

Bethany Biesenthal.

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