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Asbury Park Man Arrested After Mom Tips Police Off About School Shooting Threats Asbury Park Man Arrested After Mom Tips Police Off About School Shooting Threats
Asbury Park Man Arrested After Mom Tips Police Off About School Shooting Threats A 32-year-old man from Asbury Park was arrested when his mother tipped police that he planned to shoot up a school, authorities said. William Bailey was found in the city’s municipal parking lot at about 9:40 a.m. on Wednesday, June 1, Asbury Park police said. In the meantime, schools in Asbury Park had locked down. Bailey had sent his mother a message saying he wanted to "shoot up a school like in Texas” — referencing last week’s mass shooting in Uvalde in which an 18-year-old man killed 19 students and two teachers. Bailey, who had a warrant for his arrest in Plainfield, was charged wit…

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by Jon Craig