Posts Tagged ‘school safety’
Prosecutor: Teen accused of planning mass shooting had school layout, red-line path and names of people to kill
Two Ellensburg teenagers have been arrested for allegedly plotting a mass shooting at Morgan Middle School. The two girls were both students at the school. Felony charges of harassment and conspiracy to commit first-degree murder may come as early as March 25. Authorities said one of the two girls had a hand-drawn layout of the…
Read MorePhilippine police thwart Roblox-linked school shooting plot by 7 teens
Philippine police have foiled a school shooting and rescued seven students radicalised by “foreigners” online to stage an attack in Laguna province near Manila, amid growing calls for stronger parental safeguards against digital threats. Officers rounded up the suspects – five boys and two girls, aged 12 to 17 – on February 2 after receiving…
Read MoreWA middle schoolers arrested after police investigate school shooting threat
Two eighth-grade girls are facing criminal charges after police rapidly responded to a report of a threatened school shooting at a middle school on Wednesday. According to the Ellensburg Police Department, on March 18 police heard reports from two students at Morgan Middle School about a threat of violence. Police said two eighth-grade female students…
Read More15-year-old facing charges for allegedly planning ‘violent attack’ on N.S. school
Police say a 15-year-old is facing serious charges for allegedly planning a “violent attack” at a school in Bridgewater, N.S. INTERPOL and the FBI alerted the Bridgewater Police Service last Friday to an ongoing online conversation between two Canadian youths that began in late February. One youth is from Bridgewater and the other is from…
Read MoreOld Dominion University shooting being investigated as terrorism; gunman was previously convicted for ISIS support
The FBI says it’s investigating a fatal Virginia university shooting as terrorism after a gunman, who served several years in prison for trying to support ISIS, killed one and injured two others on Thursday. The suspect was identified as 36-year-old Mohamed Bailor Jalloh, a former Virginia National Guardsman who had pleaded guilty in October 2016…
Read MoreTwo students arrested for alleged false reports of active shooter, explosives after Adams City HS incident
Two students have been arrested for allegedly falsely reporting an active shooter and a bomb threat at Adams City High School on Wednesday afternoon, Commerce City Police Department announced Wednesday evening. “For many, calls of this nature are their worst nightmare. Whether a first responder, a parent, a teacher or a student— most will never…
Read MoreMcFarland police arrest 13-year-old over alleged threats to shoot at unknown school
A 13-year-old boy was arrested after allegedly making threats to shoot at an unknown school in McFarland. The McFarland Police Department said on Friday, March 6, 2026, officers received information about a 13-year-old boy making threats to shoot at an unknown school in McFarland. The juvenile threatened to shoot up a school on Tuesday, March…
Read More2 Volusia County boys arrested a day apart for allegedly making threats to kill, deputies say
Two Volusia County students have been arrested in under 48 hours, accused of making written threats to kill. On Thursday, the Volusia Sheriff’s Office arrested an 11-year-old boy accused of sending a message to seven teachers at DeLand Middle School with the words “imma shoot you.” The boy, according to the sheriff’s office, was already…
Read MorePortland student, 15, accused of more than a dozen threats to school
Portland police arrested a 15-year-old Tuesday after they say he made more than a dozen threats to potentially hurt students and staff at his east Portland high school. Police started investigating the first threat phoned into David Douglas High School in December, they said in a news release. The school received about 12 more threats…
Read MoreSuspected school shooter’s father convicted of murder
A Georgia jury found Colin Gray guilty Tuesday on charges including second-degree murder and manslaughter, stemming from a 2024 mass shooting allegedly committed by his teenage son with a rifle he gifted him as a Christmas present. The jury found the 55-year-old Gray guilty of 27 counts. Two other counts were dropped. The jury deliberated…
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