TULSA -- People across the country are on high alert after the attack in Las Vegas.
"These kind of random violence really strikes terror at the heart of most people," Greg Douglass, former member of the Tulsa Police Special Operations Team said. "It is unpredictable and of course that is the design of a terror attack."
Since the attack, a man was arrested in Oklahoma City because police said he was threatening a copycat attack on Oklahoma City and San Antonio.
"It would not be unexpected to see the copycat claims," Douglass said. "Pulling off something like that is much more involved than mere words."
The Oklahoma City man was making threats on Facebook and police said people who saw the posts contacted police.
"You're never wrong calling police and that way you have handed it over to officials and they can follow up with the facts and the circumstances of the case and they can investigate as necessary," Douglass said.
Douglass said after events like what happened in Vegas, people are being overly cautious to make sure there is not a round two.
He said they do not want the guilt of thinking they could have stopped an attack.
"We don't want to be in a position where 'Oh my gosh, I knew about this and I said nothing,'" Douglass said.
He said, however, police are stopping these possible attackers in their tracks all the time.
"An event like this strikes at the emotions of the country and people become hyper vigilant," Douglass said. "Situations where they may have just written off as, 'Oh, that person is crazy' or 'They're just upset' they're taking as more seriously now."
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