Man accused of threats against Temple University

TULLYTOWN (AP) >> A Pennsylvania man has been charged with making threats against Temple University and its police department as he was buying ammunition in a Walmart store, authorities say.

The Bucks County district attorney’s office says 29-yearold Patrick Buhler, who has addresses in Morrisville and Mount Bethel, was arraigned Saturday on misdemeanor terroristic threats and harassment counts.

Authorities allege in a criminal complaint that he spoke to a customer in the sporting goods department of the Walmart in Tullytown on Wednesday night about security at Temple University as he was purchasing five boxes of ammunition. He asked questions about campus police and the department’s response time, “eventually making the statement: ‘You will see something on the news in the next couple of days.’”

The complaint said Buhler said he was buying .223 caliber rifle ammunition because “he knows that cops wear bulletproof vests.” Authorities allege he had visited other Walmart stores to buy ammunition, knives, and small-cylinder propane bottles as well as a two-way radio and binoculars.

Authorities said in the criminal complaint that Buhler, located at his Morrisville address, said the conversation with the Walmart customer was a mistake, noted he insinuated “violent things” and said he didn’t know what he was thinking when he said them.

The criminal complaint also notes that Buhler was arrested in April in Flemington, New Jersey, on weapons offenses, in connection with the possession of assaulttype weapons, rifles, handguns, large-capacity magazines, and prohibited ammunition. The status of that case was unclear.

Buhler was taken to Bucks County Correctional Facility. Bond was set at $100,000. Court documents don’t list an attorney for Buhler and a message left at a number listed in his name wasn’t immediately returned Sunday.

2 women wounded by gunfire at party attended by hundreds

PHILADELPHIA (AP) >> Police say two women were wounded by gunfire at a northeast Philadelphia pool party that “got out of hand” with hundreds of attendees after the event was posted on Instagram.

Officers investigating a noise complaint Saturday night found that the homeowner had allowed a family friend to host a “reunion party” with live music, a bounce house and a swimming pool as well as alcoholic beverages.

The officers heard gunfire from the rear of the location and tried to get there but were “bombarded by fleeing partygoers” and couldn’t locate the offenders. A 20-yearold woman shot in the upper thigh was found under a tree. She was taken to a hospital in critical condition. An 18-yearold woman shot in the kneecap was treated and released. Police are investigating.