A 7th grader was arrested Thursday after reportedly standing up in front of his class and announcing he was going to blow up the school.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — A 7th grader was arrested Thursday after reportedly standing up in front of his class and announcing he was going to blow up the school.
The incident was reported at Goodlettsville Middle School on Thursday, Oct. 3, according to the Metro Nashville Police Department (MNPD).
Following his alleged announcement, officials said the 14-year-old was charged in Juvenile Court with making a threat of mass violence.
Since the beginning of the school year, several districts across Middle Tennessee have received reports of students making threats and false threats.
Late last month, an 11th grader at Whites Creek High School was arrested following a similar incident in which investigators said he told school administrators he would “blow the school up.”
The superintendent of Metro Nashville Public Schools, Dr. Adrienne Battle, and 14 other superintendents recently signed a joint statement encouraging students, staff and families to speak up amid what they called a “notable increase in reported threats to school safety.”
In a news release following Thursday’s incident, Metro Nashville police said, “threats against schools, special events and businesses are taken very seriously” and “those responsible, once identified, will be prosecuted.”