Social media threats were made for three Troup County School System campuses on Thursday, and one student has been detained about possibly being involved in making at least one of the threats.
The posts were all made on Snapchat and were about LaGrange High School, Gardner Newman Middle School and Callaway High School, according to Assistant Superintendent Chip Medders.
The threats at LHS and CHS were shooting threats and the one at GNMS was a bomb threat. CHS’ threat referenced a specific date of Sept. 22. This is the second threat made at LHS in the last two weeks. The first was a bomb threat on Sept. 7.
A Gardner Newman student has been detained in relation to the threat at GNMS, according to a LaGrange Police Department press release. It’s unclear if that student had any involvement in the other threats.
At this point, the LaGrange Police Department and Troup County Sheriff’s Office have found no validity to any of the threats.
“We take everything like this very serious, whether we think it’s credible or not we treat them all as if they are credible,” said LHS Principal Alton White. “We follow up with law enforcement. We follow their suggestions. We have a school safety plan that we follow. And you know our number one goal is to make sure that our kids and teachers and staff are safe.”
White said he was first alerted to Thursday’s Snapchat threat by a teacher, who received the message from a parent around 9 p.m. Wednesday.
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