Stephen Tynes, Dalhousie University student, faces new charge

A medical student at Dalhousie University in Halifax who wascharged last monthwith uttering death threats and engaging in threatening conduct faces a new charge.

Stephen Tynesis now accused ofunauthorized possession of a prohibited device in relation to an overcapacity cartridge magazine.He'll be in court Sept. 15.

Tyneshas been suspended from theuniversity and banned from all of itscampuses.

According to court documents,Tynes was arrested last month after meeting with a psychiatristand telling the doctor he would use a gun to kill up to 20 people and himself.

Among those he intended to kill, the documents allege, were the associate dean of undergraduate medical education and her daughter, who was also his classmate at Dalhousie'smedical school.

He was charged on Aug. 21.

As part of that investigation, police executed a search warrant at Tynes's home and and seized 1,834 rounds of rifle ammunition,a Russian SKS rifle, a Henry Golden Boy .22-calibre rifle, a banana clip for a rifle, a baggie with three clips and a bore cleaner, two ammunition boxes, a firearms acquisition card and a gun club card.

He's currently out on bail and must live at his father's home in Truro.

Tynesis not allowedto come within 25 kilometres of Dalhousie's Carleton campus in downtown Halifax, orpossess firearms, alcohol or drugs.