The New York Police department said it was investigating a series of Twitter messages sent by a user threatening a mass shooting during Mike Tyson's Broadway performance at the Longacre Theater.<br/> <br />The NYPD said that it learned of the tweets on August 3. Several tweets were sent in late July and in early August.<br/> <br />According to ABC News, one tweet that was posted on August 1st, read, "This s**t ain't no joke yo I'm serious people are gonna die just like in aurora." The message was referring to a deadly shooting that took place in Colorado on July 20th, killing 12 movie-goers and wounding 58 more.<br/> <br />The NYPD said that it takes the threats seriously and that it had dispatched police officers to the Longacre Theater.<br/> <br />Mike Tyson and the show's producers have so far made no comment on the incident.<br/> <br />The former heavyweight boxing champ is making his Broadway debut in the one-man show about his life, 'Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth."<br/> <br />The 12-show run is scheduled to end on August 12.
