Posts Tagged ‘school safety’
Hoax threats sent to schools, synagogues across Colorado
Dozens of schools and synagogues across Colorado received bomb threats Tuesday, which prompted some of them to evacuate. The FBI Denver office said it was aware of “numerous hoax bomb threats” sent to various government buildings, schools and other facilities in Colorado but said they have no information that any of them were credible. The…
Read MoreIowa teen charged with threat of terrorism for posting alleged threat after Perry shooting
West Des Moines Police arrested an 18-year-old for allegedly threatening to “shoot up the school??” Thursday, shortly after a school shooting in Perry that killed a sixth grader and injured five others. Court documents say Lakeeve Fort, 18, posted a Snapchat saying “Should I shoot up the school??” with a thumps up or down. Fort…
Read MoreSixth-grade student killed in Iowa school shooting, suspect dead
A sixth-grade student was killed on Thursday morning and five other people wounded when a 17-year-old opened fire at an Iowa school on the first day of classes following the winter break, law enforcement officials said. The suspect was identified as Dylan Butler, a student at Perry High School, officials said at a news briefing.…
Read MoreInternational schools in Spain shut after bomb threats
Several international schools in Spain were checked by police with sniffer dogs while others did not open on Monday after they received emailed bomb threats which the Interior Ministry described as being hoaxes. A police source in Zaragoza confirmed that four international schools in the city received such threats, and that the French Lycee Moliere…
Read MoreSchool security officer made, sold explosives with teenage student
A California school security officer has admitted to making explosive devices with a student and selling them on social media, according to federal prosecutors. On Monday, Angelo Jackson Mendiver pleaded guilty to conspiring to engage in manufacturing and dealing in explosive materials and mailing explosive devices, as well as to making false statements to FBI…
Read MoreAnonymous bomb threats made against all public schools not credible, says Baltimore County Schools
Anonymous bomb threats made against public schools in Baltimore County were not credible, according to Baltimore County Public Schools. “There have been reports of school systems across the state and nation receiving anonymous bomb threats in recent days,” according to the school system. This morning, school officials in Baltimore County notified parents about a bomb…
Read MoreOxford High School shooter sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole
Two years after the massacre, teenager Ethan Crumbley was sentenced Friday to life in prison without the possibility of parole for murdering four Oxford High School students and injuring seven other people in a rampage he carried out with a gun that his parents had bought him as an early Christmas present. In handing down…
Read MoreMan arrested after threatening to commit school shooting at Poway Unified elementary school
A 38-year-old man is in custody after San Diego Police said he threatened to commit a mass shooting at Shoal Creek Elementary in Carmel Mountain Ranch. According to police, Lee Lor was arrested Friday in Carlsbad, and charged with one felony count of making criminal threats. According to court documents, Lor e-mailed the school and…
Read MoreVegas Shooter Who Killed 3 Was A Professor Who Recently Applied For A Job At Unlv, Ap Source Says
Terrified students and professors cowered in classrooms and dorms as a gunman roamed the floors of a University of Nevada, Las Vegas building, killing three people and critically wounding a fourth before dying in a shootout with police. The gunman in Wednesday’s shooting was a professor who had unsuccessfully sought a job at the school,…
Read MoreRussia: 2 dead, several injured in school shooting
A 14-year-old girl shot and killed a classmate and wounded five others before killing herself at a school in the western Russian city of Bryansk, investigators said Thursday. Regional Governor Alexander Bogomaz described the shooting as a “terrible tragedy.” He said the five people wounded were all children with minor or moderate injuries. “According to…
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