"Police have arrested a 33-year-old Hawthorne man in connection with a series of online threats directed against TikTok's Culver City headquarters."
"The Culver City Police Department said that TikTok employees received a threat on social media Friday, prompting security to evacuate the Bristol Parkway location."
"Police traced the threat to Joseph Mayuyo and converged on his Hawthorne home Saturday, but he made more threats online and declared that he would not be taken alive, according to a police news release."
"Crisis negotiators spent 90 minutes talking to him before he walked outside and surrendered, police said. He was booked on a charge of making criminal threats."
A 33-year-old Hawthorne man, Joseph Mayuyo, was arrested after making online threats against TikTok's Culver City headquarters. TikTok employees received a threat on social media on Friday, prompting security to evacuate the Bristol Parkway location. Police traced the threat to Mayuyo and converged on his Hawthorne home on Saturday. Mayuyo continued making threats online and declared that he would not be taken alive. Crisis negotiators spent 90 minutes talking with him before he walked outside and surrendered. He was booked on a charge of making criminal threats. It remained unclear whether Mayuyo had any prior connection to the company.
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