Kansas City metro schools, police investigating school shooting threats

Published: Sep 09, 2024 Duration: 00:03:03 Category: News & Politics

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confidence in getting justice. Dozens of schools in various districts across the Kansas City. Metro are looking into potential school threats tonight. Many posted on social media, Kansas City, Kansas, public schools increased police presence at Eisenhower Middle School after reports of potential bomb threat. There. And police in Blue Springs are also looking into a school threat today. FOX Four's Lexi French live outside blues, appoint Blue Springs Police headquarters tonight on that threat and a suspect in that case, Lexi. Yeah, John, that's right. In Blue Springs, schools is one of several districts that's looking into some of these potential threats to school districts. >> Blue Springs police say that they arrested a juvenile in connection with the potential shooting threat toward Blue Springs High school. That message was posted on Snapchat and police say they learned about the threat after other juveniles reported it to them. >> There's a photograph with what appeared to be firearms and it made kind of a veiled threat about >> just a potential for violence. Blue Springs Police captain Kyle Flowers says social media help them track down the juvenile suspect. We contacted one of the >> juveniles received the messages and they're able to give us a social media handle and using that name or I guess account name. We were able to track it to other social media this given I flower stress. The importance of students reporting any kind of threatening message or behavior. We take all these very seriously. Whether it's a joke or true intent. We handled in the same way. >> I do want to point out that. It's very important that when these messages are received, that. juveniles reach out and tell somebody to tell a parent call the police because without them contacted us, we would have been made aware of these threats on September 17th, the free presentation in training on school shootings and safety will be held at the KU Edwards campus in Overland Park. The meeting is open to the public and it really is a collaboration of the police. >> The schools, the public, the students and the families. We all have to be working to reduce or eliminate these threats to our students and school. Susan Whitford, criminal justice program director for K use. Edwards campus says it's not uncommon for school threats to start circulating following a school shooting. There is always this, unfortunately a ripple effect that occurs of both somewhat serious made even serious staying someone else do it sometimes will give Dooley, give courage to someone that has been thinking about it, which means we've got to take every threat serious as if it is going to happen and investigate quickly. >> it. Schools also sent a note to parents today regarding a social media post that's been circulating. School district officials say that that post vaguely describes school shootings at several Kansas City Metro school districts. summit schools haven't received any information from police or other school districts that that threat has

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