15-year-old charged with uttering threats linked to Vancouver police investigation

A charge of uttering threats has been laid against a 15-year-old in connection with a Vancouver police investigation into disturbing comments allegedly made about a Vancouver school.

Global News has learned someone who knows the teen called the police after seeing extremely concerning text messages.

The teen was apprehended under the Mental Health Act and their device was seized.

Sources say the content was alarming and it included messages related to the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting in February, in which six children and two adults were shot to death by 18-year-old Jesse Van Rootselaar, who took her own life.

Sources say the teen in the Vancouver case made disturbing comments suggesting they were upset that the Tumbler Ridge shooter stole their thunder because they were going to act against a Vancouver school.

Read more: Global News (Canada)