Posts Tagged ‘school safety’
Florida high school student arrested after threatening ‘Columbine pt2’
A Brandon High School student was arrested after investigators say he threatened to “commit Columbine pt2.” Hillsborough County school resource deputies responded Thursday after receiving a tip that a 15-year-old boy posted the threat on social media. Investigators interviewed the student at the school and said he admitted to writing the post, adding that it…
Read MoreColorado Division of Homeland Security investigates school threats, possible link to AI-generated calls
The Colorado Division of Homeland Security investigated threats at nearly a dozen schools across Colorado on Wednesday. According to investigators, at least 11 schools received threats by phone and email, including schools in the Douglas County School District, Littleton Public Schools, Frisco, Alamosa, and Buena Vista. Officials said the schools likely received the same threat,…
Read MoreFort Worth teen arrested in arson case also linked to school threats, extremist organization
Fort Worth police and the public became extremely concerned about threats circulating on social media earlier last week. One video included a man in a hockey mask in front of a Nazi flag, saying he was going to cause mass violence. The videos also said they were going to target multiple North Texas schools. 17-year-old…
Read MoreNSW teen charged for multiple hoax calls to major retail, education institutions in United States
A NSW juvenile has been charged following an AFP Taskforce Pompilid investigation into multiple hoax calls to major education and retail institutions in the United States. The AFP launched Taskforce Pompilid in October 2025 to combat members of online decentralised crime networks using their perceived anonymity and online sophistication to engage in criminal behaviour. The…
Read MoreLikely AI-generated bomb threat to FL private schools deemed ‘non-credible’
The Tallahassee Police Department is investigating after almost a half dozen Tallahassee schools received what law enforcement is calling “a non-credible” and possibly AI-generated bomb threat. Both the Tallahassee Police Department and Leon County Sheriff’s Office confirmed the calls occurred and appeared to be targeting private or charter schools. “I know that on our end…
Read MoreFBI investigates social media threat targeting 14 Texas schools, including three in Austin
The FBI is investigating a social media threat targeting 14 schools across Texas, including three Austin Independent School District elementary campuses, district officials said Tuesday. The local FBI office notified Austin ISD Police about the threat, which included Andrews, Baranoff and Barrington elementary schools, according to letters sent to families at the affected campuses. The…
Read MoreCops: Columbine-obsessed teenager plotted shooting at rural Indiana high school
Police say a teenage girl who was obsessed with school shootings planned to kill as many people as possible at Morristown Jr./Sr. High School before turning the gun on herself. Shelby County Prosecutor Brad Landwerlen charged that girl, 17-year-old Alexis Pickett, with attempted murder, conspiracy to commit murder and intimidation. She has pleaded not guilty.…
Read MoreShooter who killed Brown students, MIT professor had been planning for months and left videos, officials say
The man suspected of killing two students at Brown University and fatally shooting a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor days later recorded a series of short videos after the violence that provided no clear motive and suggested he’d spent significant time planning, federal officials said Tuesday. In transcripts of the videos released by the U.S.…
Read MoreTrial begins for officer accused of failing to protect children during Uvalde school shooting
One of the first police officers to respond to the 2022 school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, goes on trial Monday on charges that he failed to protect children during the attack, when authorities waited more than an hour to confront the gunman. Adrian Gonzales, a former Uvalde schools officer, faces 29 counts of child abandonment…
Read MoreSchool stabber convicted of three counts of attempted murder
The Pirkanmaa District Court on Wednesday convicted a 16-year-old male of three counts of attempted murder in connection with the school stabbings in Pirkkala this past spring. However, a psychiatric evaluation carried out previously found that the teen was not criminally responsible, meaning he did not understand his actions or their consequences. Public health authority…
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