RUTHERFORD COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) — The Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security reports that Rutherford County Schools has seen a high volume of school threats.
Just last month, two students at separate Rutherford County middle schools were arrested after being accused of making gun-related threats. A loaded gun was also recovered at Riverdale High School.
In Tennessee, threats of school violence happen more often than we think.
Weapons detection system identifies ‘partially assembled’ handgun brought by Christiana middle schooler
“We have recently intercepted a kid who was, we believe, well on the pathway to violence so much so that video had been recorded, a manifesto written,” said TDOSHS Deputy Commissioner Gregory Mays…