Concerns rise after three school shooting threat arrests in one week

Concerns rise after three school shooting threat arrests in one week | News [Video]

The community is growing concerned after a total of three arrests were made for school shooting threats within the same week.

OWENSBORO, Ky. (WEVV) — One student from Owensboro High School and one student from Apollo High School were arrested after making a school shooting threat to Apollo High School and a faculty member. This comes almost a week after a student was arrested for a threat of a shooting at a football game Friday.

Officer Mark Hammonds, the public information officer for the Owensboro Police Department, says, “I understand that people say that these are jokes, but you know, this is not a joking matter. No form or capacity is this funny and they have severe consequences.

On Wednesday, Owensboro Police was notified by a school resource officer of a school shooting threat made through the social media platform Snapchat.

After investigating, OPD arrested both juveniles in connection to …