FIU police arrest woman accused of making threat in WhatsApp group chat

A woman was arrested Thursday near Florida International University after she allegedly made a threat in a WhatsApp group chat.

Gabriela Saldana, 23, is accused of making “a threat to kill or do bodily harm to individuals regarding a scheduled event on Friday, April 10, 2026, via a WhatsApp group chat,” according to an arrest report.

The report describes that Saldana sent the message on Wednesday to a group chat with multiple people. The location of the incident is listed as FIU’s campus.

“The defendant did so in a manner in which it may be viewed by another person and intended the threat to be a true threat,” the report states.

Campus police said they arrested Saldana at an address that corresponds to a parking garage on 8th Street and 109th Avenue.

She admitted to sending the messages and was taken to Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center without incident on a charge of written threat to kill or do bodily harm, the report states.

More information was not immediately available.