Atlanta, GA
Police investigate threat of violence at Midtown High School in Atlanta
ATLANTA, Ga. (CBS46) – Police are actively investigating a risk of violence at an Atlanta highschool.
A bit of after midnight, CBS46 discovered that the principal at Midtown Excessive College despatched phrase to oldsters Wednesday night time in regards to the risk. She advised them there will likely be an additional police presence on the college Thursday.
The risk circulated on social media and contained foul language and names that the alleged poster talked about as targets.
Based on the publish, this particular person introduced a plan to kill members of the family after which “shoot up my college Midtown Excessive Atlanta Georgia with a MP 15 assault rifle and a Glock 17 pistol with a whole lot of rounds of ammunition in a couple of weeks and livestream it on my Instagram…” The publish then lists the names of scholars that will likely be focused.
This comes on the heels of a gathering Wednesday night time about college security in Atlanta Public Colleges.
Mother and father heard from college district police officers about their plan on the subject of energetic shooter conditions contemplating the capturing in Uvalde, Texas on the finish of final college yr.
The principal is thanking the various dad and mom who reached out to her as quickly as they heard about it.
CBS46 is reaching out to highschool district leaders for added data. Stick with CBS46.com for updates.
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