16 September 2024
Officers detained a 15-year-old boy after a possible threat of school violence, according to the New Brighton Department of Public Safety.
The department thanked “many members of the” Irondale High School community in New Brighton “for quickly bringing to our attention a possible threat of violence posted on social media,” New Brighton police wrote on social media late Sunday.
Police will be referring the case to the Ramsey County Attorney’s Office.
“The investigation has concluded there is no ongoing danger to our students or staff,” according to a message from Irondale High School to parents. “As such, school will be in session on Monday as usual.”
The case comes on the heels of a 12-year-old girl who St. Paul police say last week admitted to making a social media threat against schools that was widely circulated. She “did not have the means or desire to carry out the threat,” police wrote in a social media update last week.
That post named 22 schools in St. Paul, Maplewood, Roseville and Little Canada and led two charter schools in St. Paul to close on Thursday.
As of Thursday morning, the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension’s Fusion Center had “identified several social media posts in the last 48 hours threatening gun violence at multiple schools throughout Minnesota,” Jill Oliveira, BCA spokeswoman, said at the time.
After incidents of school violence, there can be surges in false threats, Oliveira said last week.
On Sept. 4 in Georgia, a 14-year-old is accused of fatally shooting four people at his high school.
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