Charges could be filed as early as next week against the man accused of making violent threats last weekend toward the Isla Vista community.
The suspect is a Cal Poly student who made the threats were made on a social media app called Yik Yak. It allows users to post anonymously with messages showing up for other users within a ten mile radius.
San Luis Obispo Police Lieutenant John Bledsoe says they were able to track down 22-year-old Stefan Hall by tracing his computer's IP address.
Bledsoe says Hall identified himself as UCSB Psycho.
"In his message, he was making some threatening statements which referred to having a loaded rifle and a Go-Pro and there's no turning back and nobody comes out alive. Comments such as that. A lot of the reference he was making coincided with the shooting that Santa Barbara experienced last year," said Bledsoe.
He says because of all the recent school shootings, including the Isla Vista massacre in May, his department takes the threats seriously.
A report will be sent to the San Luis Obispo District Attorney's office this week at which point a decision will be made on filing charges.
No arrests have been made.
The university did an administrative investigation because the man is a Cal Poly student, but there is no word on any disciplinary action.
UCSB Police say they plan to increase staff Saturday as a result of the threats, primarily as a reassurance function.