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Ohio boy, 12, arrested after threatening to ‘shoot up’ middle school, police say
Updated 1:05 AM;
WESTERVILLE, Ohio Police took a 12-year-old boy into custody Wednesday after he reportedly threatened to “shoot up” his middle school.
The student at Blendon Middle School in Westerville, a northern suburb of Columbus, also sent threatening texts to classmates, police tell WCMH Channel 4. He is facing a charges of aggravated menacing and inducing panic. He has been released into the custody of his parents.
Police tell ABC 6 the student showed a picture of a gun in a group text with other students, threatening the school and also specific classmates. He wrote in one text that “one bullet have all your names on them,” ABC 6 reports.
Ohio middle schooler arrested for allegedly showing off gun in group chat Jessica Schladebeck
An Ohio middle schooler was taken into custody by police after he allegedly showed off a firearm to friends in a group chat and threatened to hurt them.
Kendall Harris, principal of Blendon Middle School in Westerville, confirmed the incident in a letter to parents on Wednesday. He said the school “took appropriate action” as soon as they were made aware of the potential threat.
Authorities have since taken over the handling of the incident.
“During their exchange, which occurred off school grounds and outside of school hours, one of the students displayed a gun,” the note read. “This individual subsequently threatened to bring harm to our campus and specific individuals, some of whom were also involved in the group chat.”
Police: 12-year-old Blendon Middle School student charged, accused of threatening to shoot students, teachers
Records show the suspect was first suspended for threatening to bring a gun to school and shoot another student earlier this week. Author: Lindsey Mills, Emily Oliver Published: 1:05 PM EDT May 5, 2021 Updated: 4:55 PM EDT May 5, 2021
WESTERVILLE, Ohio Westerville police arrested a 12-year-old Blendon Middle School student on Wednesday after text messages in a group chat showed him threatening to shoot teachers and students at the school.
According to Westerville police records obtained by 10TV, the student accused of making the threats was first suspended from the school on Monday after another student involved in the group chat came forward.