FRESNO, Calif. ( KSEE/KGPE ) – Following a series of school shooting threats directed at several Fresno-area schools earlier this month, the city’s police department announced on Tuesday that even more arrests have been made.
The Fresno Police Department has revealed several arrests this school year to highlight that threats will be taken seriously.
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According to the department, Fresno Police have arrested children as old as 17 years and as young as 12 years for school shooting threats.
Arrests include:
- A 14-year-old student following a Sept. 5 threat directed at Ahwanee Middle School
- A 13-year-old student following a Sept. 10 threat directed at Scandinavian Middle School
- A 13-year-old student following a Sept. 13 threat to shoot his teacher (after being told to put his phone away). The specific school was not identified.
- A 17-year-old student following a Sept. 17 threat directed at Justin Garza High School.
- A 13-year-old student following a Sept. 23 shooting threat at Tehipite Middle School
- A 12-year-old student following a Sept. 23 shooting threat at Glacier Point Middle School