Overview

• Police identified the suspect as 33-year-old Joseph Mayuyo of Hawthorne after employees reported threats across multiple social media platforms.
• TikTok’s Culver City campus was evacuated on Oct. 3 as a precaution following an additional threat reported that day.
• After posting that he would "not be taken alive," Mayuyo was contacted around 10:10 p.m., negotiated with for more than 90 minutes, and surrendered without incident.
• Detectives obtained arrest and search warrants and recovered items described as having evidentiary value during a search of his residence.
• Mayuyo was booked on suspicion of making criminal threats and was listed as held without bail as the investigation continues.