McDonnell said that it was not clear how serious the Whittier student was about committing violence, but after the attack in Florida investigators' "main interest was to avoid letting anything like that happen." In the last week, heavy criticism has been lobbed at the FBI for failing to act on a tip about threats made by Cruz, and Chavez said Wednesday that the incident in Whittier showed the importance of heeding early warning signs.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 21, 2018 16:39 UTC