WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – Salina police said a student is in custody following a criminal threat at a school. Officers received notice of the threat around 4:18 p.m. Wednesday.
Police say a Lakewood Middle School student had allegedly posted on social media that he was going to “shoot up the school” due to being suspended for a school-related issue. School Resource Officers conferred with Lakewood staff and confirmed the information. At around 7:45 p.m., the student was taken into custody, and officers arrested him for alleged criminal threats.
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He was transferred to the Saline County Sheriff’s Office and Juvenile Intake and Assessment, with a recommendation of detention at the North Central Kansas Regional Juvenile Detention Facility in Junction City, according to Salina police.
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