More police are monitoring Indian Creek High School today after a student told another student he was going to bring a gun to school and kill him.
A parent of the student who was threatened told local police on Monday afternoon about the threat which happened during the school day in the “recent past,” principal Luke Skobel said. School officials wouldn’t divulge many details because the incident is still under investigation.
Trafalgar Police notified the school of the threat immediately, and the school notified parents at all Indian Creek schools Monday night.
“The safety of your child is our top priority, which is why we must take situations like this one very seriously. We encourage you to talk to your child about the consequences of making threats of this nature,” school officials wrote in the letter to parents.
“Maintaining a safe and orderly school environment for our students is entirely dependent on a cooperative partnership between school and home.”
Trafalgar Police searched the home of the boy who made the threat, but found no weapons. His parents, who were cooperative, said he does not have access to weapons, Skobel said.
The student is a sophomore at the school, he said.
Both the school and police are still investigating the incident. School officials are talking to other students who may have more details about what exactly happened and why the student made the threat, Skobel said.
“I do know that social media played a role,” he said.
The student who made the threat was not at school on Tuesday as the investigation continues, Superintendent Tim Edsell said.
“Serious consequences are being mitigated,” Edsell said.
“Any time we get a threat, we want to take it seriously. We want to do our due diligence to find out all of the details, and do our due diligence to make sure all students are safe.”
In addition to the regularly scheduled school resource officer who was on duty, two Trafalgar police officers monitored the high school on Tuesday.
“We had a smooth start to the school day,” Edsell said Tuesday morning.
“It is safe to come to school. We really do not expect any further disruptions,” Skobel said.
