Police were notified of threat and were able to use social media to track down the teen and take him into custody.
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Several students reported a threat to the administration, which triggered an investigation.
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A bystander near an elementary school noticed suspicious activity on a Saturday and alerted police. Officers arrived and found a violent, credible threat to the school.
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Classmates catch wind that a student is carrying a weapon and report it to the SRO…
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Students tell school staff and administrators about the planned attack. The student’s mother turns him into the authorities.
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A teenager expelled from his high school tweeted, “I’m recreating Columbine”
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Student tells other students and at least one administrator in what appears to be a cry for help that he is angry and frustrated, and wants to “do damage by shooting up the school”.
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The suspect’s father finds her journal that outlines the plot. Journal entries dated back to December 2016 and described a timeline and phases of the attack.
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Nine years after graduating, a former student of a small liberal arts college began sending a series of threatening emails to a staff member at the college. The emails escalated in intensity and were accompanied by YouTube videos showing the student with weapons.
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Municipal law enforcement along with campus public safety officers responded to a dorm on campus for a report of a suicidal subject who had made references to committing a mass shooting or bombing.
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The Averted School Violence Reporting System for law enforcement officers, school officials, and mental health professionals was modeled after the International Association of Fire Chief’s (IAFC) near miss reporting system. Initiated by the National Policing Institute in 2015, the database is now operated by Safe and Sound Schools and maintained through funding from Michigan State University’s Prevent 2 Protect and the Motorola Solutions Foundation.
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