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School Shooting Threat

New Haven
Police & Fire
16-Year-Old Accused Of Threatening To Shoot Up School In Woodbridge 16-Year-Old Accused Of Threatening To Shoot Up School In Woodbridge
16-Year-Old Accused Of Threatening To Shoot Up School In Woodbridge A 16-year-old faces charges after threatening to shoot up a Connecticut school on social media, police said. The investigation into the threat began in New Haven County on Sunday, Aug. 27, when Woodbridge Police were alerted of a possible school shooting threat spread on an unnamed social media platform, the department announced on Wednesday, Oct. 11. After investigating the threat, police determined that a 16-year-old Woodbridge resident had created the post and that there was no threat to public safety, authorities said. Officers then found the teenager, took them into custody, and charg…

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by Ben Crnic
Teaneck
Police & Fire
'Shoot Up The School' Threat Found Scrawled In Teaneck Middle School Bathroom 'Shoot Up The School' Threat Found Scrawled In Teaneck Middle School Bathroom
'Shoot Up The School' Threat Found Scrawled In Teaneck Middle School Bathroom Someone scrawled a threat to shoot up a Teaneck middle school on the wall of a girl's restroom, the district's superintendent said Thursday. “I’m Shoot Up the School," reads the ungrammatical threat found at the Benjamin Franklin Middle School, Supt. Dr. André Spencer wrote in an Oct. 5 email to parents. "Although this can be deemed as an act of vandalism, we want to assure you that we take these matters seriously," the superintendent emphasized. "In addition, we want you to know that our schools are safe and secure. "At this juncture, it has been determined that there is no imminent threa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Capital District
Schools
15-Year-Old Threatened To 'Shoot Up' Watervliet High School Over Policy, Police Say 15-Year-Old Threatened To 'Shoot Up' Watervliet High School Over Policy, Police Say
15-Year-Old Threatened To 'Shoot Up' Watervliet High School Over Policy, Police Say A student upset over a school policy threatened to carry out a mass shooting at a high school in the region, authorities said. In Albany County, the Watervliet Police Department was contacted on Thursday, May 18, with reports of a physical threat against Watervliet High School. An investigation determined that a 15-year-old girl was angry over a school policy and took to social media, threatening to “shoot (the school) up,” police said. The student was arrested and charged with making a terroristic threat, a felony. She was arraigned in Albany County Family Court and later released on he…

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by Michael Mashburn
Adams
Schools
Boy, 14, Charged With Threatening School Shooting In Central PA Boy, 14, Charged With Threatening School Shooting In Central PA
Boy, 14, Charged With Threatening School Shooting In Central PA A 14-year-old boy has been arrested in connection with a school shooting threat which shuttered an entire school district in central Pennsylvania on Wednesday, June, 1, according to the school. "Upon advice from Local Law enforcement. Today, Wednesday, June 1, 2022 The Waynesboro Area School District will be closed for students," the school said. A "masked individual displaying a handgun posted a threat on social media advising that students should not go to school," Waynesboro Area police say. The poster's account was determined to be fake, according to investigators. A search warrant wa…

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by Jillian Pikora
Northern Highlands
News
FALSE ALARM: Malfunctioning Emergency System Locks Down Waldwick School, Brings SWAT Team FALSE ALARM: Malfunctioning Emergency System Locks Down Waldwick School, Brings SWAT Team
False ALARM: Malfunctioning Emergency System Locks Down Waldwick School, Brings SWAT Team This was not the day for a school lockdown alarm to malfunction. Police and school officials in Waldwick said that's what sent the school into emergency mode Friday afternoon, bringing the Bergen County Regional SWAT team and mutual aid support from neighboring towns -- while frightening some students, staff and especially parents. "The system malfunction at 3:02 p.m., right after school let out," Police Lt. Thomas Dowling said. "Officers from surrounding towns along with the swat team helped in securing the building till the malfunction was confirmed."   Police eventually gave t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lancaster
Schools
Threats On Snapchat Close Central PA School District: Police Threats On Snapchat Close Central PA School District: Police
Threats On Snapchat Close Central PA School District: Police A central Pennsylvania school district closed on Thursday due to anonymous threats, according to a police. Families were notified of that Donegal School District would Be closed via a voicemail on Wednesday night, abc27 reports. The threats were made on Snapchat saying they were "gonna shoot up a school" and “**** dongal be ready tmr," according to police. The school district plans to reopen Friday with police presence as a security measures, police say. Anyone with information on the threat should contact Susquehanna Regional Police at 717-426-1164.

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by Jillian Pikora
Mercer
Schools
Mercer County HS Offers Students Remote Learning Day After Shooting Threat Written In Bathroom Mercer County HS Offers Students Remote Learning Day After Shooting Threat Written In Bathroom
Mercer County HS Offers Students Remote Learning Day After Shooting Threat Written In Bathroom A Mercer County high school has given its students the option of remote learning on Friday, one day after a “disturbing” message reportedly involving a shooting threat was scrawled onto a bathroom wall. Hightstown High School Superintendent Mark Daniels addressed the school community in a letter to parents. “I realize the information regarding the writing found on the restroom wall at the high school yesterday is disturbing and troubling to all of us,” Daniels writes. “We take this matter seriously and are continuing to aggressively gather information.” The message involved a shooting th…

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by Valerie Musson
Montgomery PA
Police & Fire
PA High School Student Looked Up 'How To Kill Teacher' Before Arrest, Police Say PA High School Student Looked Up 'How To Kill Teacher' Before Arrest, Police Say
PA High School Student Looked Up 'How To Kill Teacher' Before Arrest, Police Say A high school student in southeastern Pennsylvania was arrested Thursday after looking up "how to kill a teacher" on a classmate's laptop, authorities said. Officers were called to Springfield Township High School Thursday morning on reports of a school shooting threat, local police said in a release. An "adult male" student made indirect threats about organizing a school shooting Wednesday and used another student's computer to search "how to kill a teacher," police learned. The suspect was arrested and is awaiting arraignment on a terroristic threat charge, according to police. The stud…

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by Nicole Acosta
Lancaster
Police & Fire
PA Student Charged For Making School Shooting Threats, Police Say PA Student Charged For Making School Shooting Threats, Police Say
PA Student Charged For Making School Shooting Threats, Police Say A middle school student in central Pennsylvania has been charged after allegedly threatening a school shooting, authorities said. East Hempfield police were notified of a threat complaint on Friday involving a student at Centerville Middle School on Centerville Road in Lancaster, local police said. A 12-year-old male student had apparently told other students on Thursday that he planned to commit a shooting on Monday, Dec. 6, according to investigators. Officers were able to identify the student who made the threat, remove him from the school, and interview him in presence of a guardi…

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by Nicole Acosta
Morris
Schools
Jefferson Township Police Release Details In School Shooting Threat Jefferson Township Police Release Details In School Shooting Threat
Jefferson Township Police Release Details In School Shooting Threat Police in Jefferson Township have released details in the shooting threat that evacuated the middle and high school last month An unidentified male called the high school around 8:30 a.m. Sept. 10, saying he was upset with the school administration and would come to the building with a firearm, Jefferson Police Chief Paul Castimore said. Authorities remain unsure if that was a confirmed threat or swatting incident. The investigation will continue if and when new leads are developed, Castimore said. "We realize that many rumors have been circulating throughout the community regarding this …

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by Cecilia Levine
Brookfield
Police & Fire
School In Fairfield County Placed On Lockdown After Suspicious Note Reported School In Fairfield County Placed On Lockdown After Suspicious Note Reported
School In Fairfield County Placed On Lockdown After Suspicious Note Reported A school in Fairfield County was temporarily put into lockdown after a student reported a threatening note to a teacher. In Stamford, Cloonan Middle School was temporarily locked down on Friday, Oct. 8, after a suspicious note detailing a school shooting was discovered and reported. At approximately 9 a.m. officials said that the school was locked down for less than a half-hour as police investigated the suspicious note, which highlighted a particular date that a school shooting would take place. The investigation into the note determined that it was an unfounded threat and the lockdown wa…

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by Zak Failla
Clarkstown
Police & Fire
Report Of Snapchat School Threat Investigated By Police In Rockland Report Of Snapchat School Threat Investigated By Police In Rockland
Report Of Snapchat School Threat Investigated By Police In Rockland Police agencies in Rockland County were called in to investigate a potential school shooting threat that was posted on social media. The Clarkstown Police Department said on Wednesday, May 5 that it received a report this week from a student in the Nyack School District of a possible school shooting that may take place at Nyack or North Rockland High School. The threat was reportedly posted via Snapchat. Investigators from the Clarkstown Police Detective Bureau contacted the Haverstraw Police Department in regards to the threat, and were informed that the threat was a re-post from an incide…

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by Zak Failla