North Carolina teen allegedly threatened Kentucky university ‘massacre’ over Charlie Kirk

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (FOX 56) — The arrest of an 18-year-old from North Carolina is reportedly linked to controversial posters featuring Charlie Kirk that circulated on the University of Louisville campus.

Michael Tedder, 18, of Advance, North Carolina, was arrested two days after the conservative political activist was assassinated at a student event at a Utah university. His arrest came on the heels of a call for assistance in a University of Louisville Police Department investigation.

Following Kirk’s death, posters depicting his assassination emerged on campus with the caption, “debate this.” In a statement to the school newspaper, a university spokesperson said that the posters had been removed and the incident was under investigation.

According to an arrest warrant, the university had received a threatening phone call that investigators traced back to Tedder’s home in Davie County.

“Hello, yes, I was just calling to let you guys know you are in deep [expletive] danger if you don’t take down those posters mocking Charlie Kirk,” Tedder allegedly told school officials, per court documents. “Your school will see [expletive] hell.”

In the call transcript, he referenced using an AR and AK-style rifles.

“Either you take it down or it will be a [expletive] massacre of the likes you have never seen in your life,” he allegedly said.

Tedder was arrested and charged with communicating a threat of mass violence on educational property. He remains in the Davie County Jail on a $250,000 bond.

A hearing was set for 9 a.m. on Sept. 25.