Ohio University has âno known connectionâ to what federal investigators said was a plot by an âincelâ to attack an unnamed Ohio university, an OU spokesperson said Friday.
On Wednesday, federal agents arrested Tres Genco, 21, of Hillsboro, Ohio, for allegedly plotted to commit a hate crime â namely, a plan to shoot students in sororities at a university in Ohio. He also was charged with illegal possession of a machine gun, according to a U.S. Department of Justice statement.
When the news of the arrest broke, some national news outlets, including The Daily Beast, reported that Ohio University was the target of Genco s alleged plot (The Cincinnati Enquirer reported the target was Ohio State University).