Bowie ISD closed Friday after threatening message circulates

BOWIE, Texas (CBSNewsTexas.com) — Bowie ISD is closed Friday because of a threatening message circulating in the neighborhood.

The district’s superintendent despatched an electronic mail to folks that Bowie PD notified him of the message after 9:30 Thursday night time. The e-mail included an image of the message, which learn partially that the author would “make historical past as the highest college slaughter” on Friday.

There are a variety indications that the message is just not related to Bowie ISD, together with that Bowie is just not talked about by title. 

Additionally, It’s signed by somebody named Devyn, but no scholar at Bowie Excessive Faculty has that title. And the message references a 7:40 a.m. bell time, which isn’t when Bowie Excessive Faculty’s bell rings.

Superintendent J. Blake Enlow additionally stated within the electronic mail that the very same image is circulating in Seminole County, Florida.

Regardless of that, Enlow wrote that he was making the choice to shut Friday out of an abundance of warning, since he was not in a position to absolutely examine the origin of the message.

Enlow stated the district would replace the group after working with legislation enforcement to find out the place the message got here from.