#BREAKING: Masked intruder at Utah elementary. Snipers on standby. pic.twitter.com/jCafH8wgtH — Joel Franco (@OfficialJoelF) September 19, 2016

A masked intruder identified as a former Utah State University Eastern basketball coach is accused of entering Eagle Mountain Elementary School in Utah and saying the students should leave if they did not want to get hurt, according to The Salt Lake Tribune.

He was taken into custody several hours after the incident began.

SCHOOL EVACUATION: Man identifies himself as Christopher Craig. arrested once in carbon Co, for driving his car onto a school playground — Chris Jones (@jonesnews) September 19, 2016

Photos showed him in what people said appeared to be Middle Eastern garb.

UTAH stand-down under way here is the picture of the threat. BOMB THREAT at School in Eagle Mountain UT pic.twitter.com/q4JoDY3wse — Richard Precht (@PrechtRichard) September 19, 2016

The man identified himself as Christopher Craig, and news reporters said he had once driven onto a school playground. The El Paso Times said he allegedly sent a note to the media threatening the Utah school on September 19. The newspaper said that it and other media received an email from Craig stating that he “will call 911 with a threat of an explosive and drive onto my 9yr olds elementary school, Eagle Valley Elementary, with a True Explosive.” The El Paso Times said Craig also wrote that he “was born into this world under the slave name of Christopher Craig. Currently, I am known as The Radical Islamic Jihadist Muhammad Allah Al-Khidr.”

SCHOOL EVACUATION: Man identifies himself as Christopher Craig. arrested once in carbon Co, for driving his car onto a school playground — Chris Jones (@jonesnews) September 19, 2016

#USA #EagleMountain – Man arrested once in carbon Co, for driving his car onto a school playground. pic.twitter.com/I3DdKSgy5Q — Terror Events (@TerrorEvents) September 19, 2016

A newspaper article from the playground incident in 2014 in the Deseret News said Craig “was wearing what we would term Arabic-style clothing, complete with a turban on his head.” That article also said he was a former Utah State University Eastern basketball coach and was arrested after the school playground incident. The Associated Press wrote in 2013 that churches were warned about the man, who was calling himself an “Islamic Jihadist.” In that incident, Craig allegedly went around “saying that members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and members of the Catholic Church ‘would be destroyed’ in the coming weeks,” said AP.

@greta Eagle Mountain Elementary Eagle Mountain Utah.. Womans last video feed showing robots approaching school. police evacuated residents — Deplorable SunnyDaze (@Sunnydaze143) September 19, 2016

The Salt Lake Tribune said the school in Eagle Mountain, Utah was then evacuated of students and employees, who are all safe. However, the bizarre situation was still unfolding with reports of police snipers at the scene.

All children are off #EagleMountain premises, according to Assistant to the Superintendent #Utah pic.twitter.com/UJzyGhdoSK — The News Center (@The_News_center) September 19, 2016

One person posted videos from outside the school on Facebook live. Watch:

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Snipers were reportedly at the school.

She later wrote, “So I can’t go live again guys I was evacuated by the PD with my family. What I have up is what I have. Eagle mountain is shut down no one in. We don’t know much right now. No idea if anyone is in there we where told they evacuated the kids.”

DEVELOPING: Masked Intruder Enters Utah Elementary School; Police Snipers on Scene – https://t.co/XotbiL8mZg pic.twitter.com/BnSKWr5Y82 — Breaking911 (@Breaking911) September 19, 2016

There were reports that the masked man had explosives.

The suspect says he has a large amount of explosives #EagleMountain — Derek Petersen (@Derek_Photog) September 19, 2016

The Daily Herald said the man entered the school office at 2:15 p.m. and said, “evacuate the kids and no one will get hurt.”

One woman posted photos and said the incident was unfolding across the street from her house.

Craig was the head coach at Utah State University Eastern in Price from 2007 to 2010 and left to become an assistant at Northern Colorado University in Greeley and then head coach at Midland College in Texas. He resigned after officials allegedly “end-of-the-world postings” he had made.

This article will be updated as more information is available.