A Lollapalooza security guard has been charged with making a false terrorist threat after circulating two fake mass shooting messages so she could leave work early, according to prosecutors.
On Friday, the second day of Lollapalooza, Janya Williams, 18, allegedly sent her supervisor an anonymous text message that read “Mass shooting at 4 pm location Lollapalooza. We have 150 targets” via TextNow.
Prosecutors said when Williams was asked to share a screenshot of the post, Williams created a Facebook page under the name “Ben Scott” and wrote out a post that read “Massive shooting at Lollapalooza GrantPark 6:00 p.m.”
