UK Student Joker Email Leads to Charges
LEXINGTON, Ky (WSAZ) --A student at the University of Kentucky is facing criminal charges after investigators said he emailed school officials a picture of the Joker from the Batman series.
The picture was in an email the student sent to discuss a discrimination complaint.
Officials viewed it as a threat in light of the recent mass killing in Aurora, Colo., at a premiere showing of the latest Batman film.
The man charged in the Colorado shooting, which left 12 dead and 58 injured, reportedly dyed his hair red and called himself Joker.
The student said the image was simply what he used as a profile picture long before the colorado massacre.
Officials are now investingating.
The student has been charged with making terroristic threats.
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