BROOKVILLE – A Kansas teenager is in custody after a reported threat against a Saline County high school

Sheriff Captain Roger Soldan reported that at 10 a.m. on Tuesday morning Ell-Saline High School was placed into a lockdown after several students received threats via social media.

The lockdown lasted until 10:54 a.m. when a suspect was taken into custody.

Joshua Keith Downey, 18, Tescott, was booked into the Saline County Jail on 8 counts of Aggravated Criminal Threats.

An investigation in the case is ongoing.