PD: 14-year-old charged after threats of school shooting

Vivian Muniz
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COALDALE, SCHUYLKILL COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Police say they are charging a 14-year-old after threats were made to commit a school shooting in Schuylkill County.

According to the Coaldale Police Department, on Tuesday around 3:30 a.m. officers were contacted by Pennsylvania State Police about a possible threat tipped off by the FBI.

Police say the threat was made on an online video game chat where the suspect wrote, “I’m going to shoot up my school.”

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Investigators tracked down the IP address to a house in Coaldale. Officers said they responded to the home and the suspect turned out to be a 14-year-old, who admitted to making the commit.

The 14-year-old was arrested and charged with terrorist threats/serious public inconvenience.

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