Posts Tagged ‘school safety’
Ex-Duke Health employee charged with threats of mass violence against university
A former Duke Health employee was arrested this weekend for allegedly making threats of mass violence against Duke University. Duke University police issued a warrant for 31-year-old Nathaniel Jerrell’s arrest more than five months ago after he threatened his former coworkers and workplace in online posts in October with “bringing a gun or planting a…
Read MoreTurkish police detain 162 people over online posts about school shootings
Turkish police have detained 162 people accused of posting controversial content online about two deadly school shootings that took place this week. Justice Minister Akın Gürlek accused accounts of sharing footage of the incidents, spreading content capable of creating fear and praising crime. At least 16 people were injured in a shooting at a high…
Read More‘No one would be spared’: Teenage girl’s diary laid out school shooting plan later thwarted by police
Diary entries written by an eighth grader in Oneida County lay out the plans she developed for a mass shooting in her middle school’s cafeteria. The 14-year-old has been charged for a threat against Clinton Middle School, about 9 miles from Utica. The plot was thwarted by the Oneida County Sheriff’s Office after an uninvolved…
Read MoreTurkish school shooter used image referencing 2014 U.S. mass killer, police say
A 14-year-old student who shot at least nine people dead, including eight of his fellow pupils, at a school in southeastern Turkey had used an image referencing a 2014 U.S. mass killer, Elliot Rodger, on his WhatsApp profile, Turkish police said on Thursday. In Turkey’s second school shooting in just two days, the middle school…
Read MoreWhitman High student faces charges after arson, graffiti incidents at Bethesda elementary school
A 16-year-old Walt Whitman High School student was charged Wednesday with vandalism, arson and threats of mass violence after he allegedly lit a shed on fire at another Bethesda school and later vandalized a fence there with graffiti referencing a 2012 mass school shooting, Montgomery County police said Wednesday in a press release. The teen,…
Read MoreFour killed, 20 wounded in school shooting in southern Turkey, local governor says
Four people were killed and 20 others were wounded when a middle school student opened fire at a school in the Turkey’s southeastern province of Kahramanmaras on Wednesday, Governor Mukerrem Unluer told reporters. Unluer said a teacher was among those killed, and added the shooter was a student who used his father’s weapons, concealed in…
Read MoreChild charged after threat made against Georgia elementary school
A juvenile has been arrested after police say a threat was made against an elementary school in west Georgia. LaGrange police received information Tuesday about a potential threat involving Clearview Elementary School. The case was turned over to the department’s Criminal Investigation Division, which determined that the threat was made through a social media account.…
Read MoreGunman opens fire at high school in Turkey, wounding at least 16
A former student opened fire at a high school in southeast Turkey on Tuesday, wounding at least 16 people before killing himself, an official said. The 18-year-old attacker, armed with a shotgun, fired randomly at a vocational high school in Siverek, Sanliurfa province, before hiding inside the building. He later killed himself with the same…
Read More3 Teens Face Charges After Threatening Clinton Middle School Shooting; Multiple Firearms Secured
A reported threat of a shooting at the Clinton Middle School cafeteria led to multiple juveniles being investigated and firearms secured in the Town of Kirkland. According to the Oneida County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded at 1:42 a.m. on April 11 to an address in Kirkland after a threat was made about a shooting planned…
Read MoreMan receives probation in mass shooting plot at school graduation in Pontiac
A Pontiac man got three years’ probation on Tuesday for his role in plotting a mass shooting at a high school graduation. Deahveon Whaley, 20, pleaded guilty to carrying a concealed weapon, carrying a firearm with unlawful intent, and possession of a firearm in the commission of a felony. Authorities said Whaley and another man,…
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