Threats of Gun Violence Force Closure of Skyline High School

Sammamish, WA
Threats of violence against students prompted Skyline High School officials to cancel school on Thursday.

In a notification released late Wednesday night, school officials said they were dealing with an "emergency situation" and asked students, staff and community members to stay away from the school on Thursday.

The King County sheriff's office is investigating an online post claiming to be from a Skyline student. In the post, which included a photo of a gun, the student says he's going to take his father's gun to school and "open fire on the people in the commons in the morning until I am either taken down by our school's police officer, or until I run out of mags."

The post was circulated around social media sites on Wednesday and was reported to police.

Deputies so far don't know who wrote the post or if it's a legitimate threat, according to King County sheriff's Sgt. Cindi West.

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Copley Students Accused of Making Violent Threats

Copley, OH
Two Copley High School students are facing suspension for allegedly making threats of violence on Facebook, the Copley Police Department confirmed.

Chief Michael Mier tells Fox 8 News that classmates of the accused students reported them to school officials Friday morning. They were questioned once they arrived at school.

Police use a key chain to demonstrate the size of a toy gun
that was used in a threat on Facebook.
(Photo Credit: Copley Police Department)

According to a news release from the CPD, the two students engaged in a threatening conversation on Facebook Thursday night. It started when one of the students posted a picture of a firearm and claimed it was real.

The two then discussed the weapon — which turned out to be a toy gun — and began to talk about “killing students, detonating a bomb and planting an explosive device at a school event,” the release said.

Mier says they also directed threats at certain members of the high school marching band. Once the duo realized their threats could be taken seriously, they indicated that they had no intention of carrying them out.

3 Ohio Teens Charged over School Violence Tweets

Trenton, OH
A southwest Ohio sheriff says three teenagers face charges over messages posted on social media that referenced school violence.

Lt. Mike Craft of the Butler County sheriff's office tells The Middletown Journal (http://bit.ly/QbhshQ ) that threats about violence against Edgewood High School were posted on the Twitter account of a 17-year-old boy. They referred to violence involving explosives, assault rifles and shotguns.

The sheriff's office says the teen was being held in juvenile custody on charges of making terroristic threats, inducing panic and menacing.

Teen Detained for Facebook Threats toward School

Greenwood, IN
A Center Grove High School freshman was detained by police on Wednesday after threats were discovered on Facebook, according to a Johnson County Sheriff’s Office report.

Police were alerted when another person saw the post on Facebook. The 15-year-old boy reportedly posted expletives directed at the school, teachers and one teacher in particular. It was followed by a post that read, “Something bad is gonna happen tomorrow.”

The boy told police he had been in trouble in school that day for putting his head down on a desk. He said he wanted to make people think he would bring a gun or bomb to school, but that he didn’t intend to do anything.

Police took the boy to the detention center for 12 hours.

Another boy was interviewed because of a comment on the Facebook post about a gun, but the boy said he was joking and presumed the other boy was as well. He was released to his parents, but deputies detained a rifle from the home while the incident was being investigated.