Police arrest student accused of making shooting threat to high school
Police have arrested a 16-year-old Methuen High School student in connection with a threat made against the school Monday, police said.
The juvenile, who police have not named, was charged with making threats concerning the location of dangerous items, threats to commit a crime (murder), and unlawful possession of ammunition without a FID card, according to police.
At 5:30 p.m. Monday, the high school reported to Methuen police that a student had told another student he was going to “shoot up the school’’ the next day, police said. Police searched the two homes the suspect had access to and found items related to the threat at one of them.
“Apparently, the suspect had been contemplating committing a violent act for some time,’’ Methuen Police Chief Joseph Solomon said.
The suspect was transported to an area hospital for a mental evaluation, police said. Police began an investigation and arrested the suspect following his release from the hospital.
The Methuen Police Department said that it does not believe there is any present danger to the school, staff, faculty, or students, nor were they in danger at any time.
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