Austin police are spotlighting a team of city officers and a Travis County deputy as Employees of the Week after they tracked down a suspect who allegedly called in a threat to “shoot up” a local school while more than 275 students were on campus. Officer Brar located the suspect while the campus remained on lockdown, and officers working with the Travis County Sheriff’s Office and Hutto PD cleared the school and confirmed there was no immediate danger. According to police, the suspect later admitted making the call and was booked on a third-degree felony terroristic-threat charge.
We are proud to announce our Employees of the Week from APD and TCSO. Their combined efforts led to identifying and locating the suspect who threatened to shoot up a school and to the safety of everyone at the school. Great job! https://x.com/i/status/2065554744710402368
— Austin Police Department (@austin_police) June 12, 2026
Officers Recognized And How The Lockdown Played Out
In a post on X, the Austin Police Department named Officers Jester, Lester, Wise, Brar, Vukasin and Pastor, along with Deputy Howell from the Travis County Sheriff’s Office, as this week’s honorees. APD said their combined efforts identified and located the suspect while students were still on campus, and that officers, working alongside Hutto PD, then cleared the school and determined there was no ongoing threat.
According to the department, the suspect admitted to making the threatening call and was booked on a third-degree felony terroristic-threat charge. Police framed the outcome as a textbook example of why quick interagency coordination matters when a potential school threat comes in and administrators lock down the campus.
What A Terroristic-Threat Charge Means In Texas
Under Texas law, threatening violence that places the public in fear or disrupts public services can be prosecuted as a terroristic threat. The statute covers threats that cause evacuations or interrupt public operations, which is exactly the kind of disruption schools seek to avoid when they move quickly into lockdown…