CULVER CITY – A 33-year-old Hawthorne man was taken into custody for suspicion of making multiple online threats targeting TikTok’s Culver City headquarters, authorities said Saturday.

TikTok employees reported receiving a series of online threats through various social media platforms from a suspect identified as Joseph Mayuyo, according to a Culver City Police Department statement.

On Friday, Mayuyo allegedly threatened TikTok’s Culver City headquarters again on a social media platform, police said. Company security evacuated the building out of an abundance of caution, police said.

Detectives and related teams went to Mayuyo’s residence, where he threatened online that he would not be taken alive if an arrest was attempted, police said. Detectives obtained arrest and search warrants.

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