RILEY COUNTY – Law enforcement authorities in Riley County continue to investigate the alleged social media threat at Manhattan High School.
Just after 11 a.m. Wednesday, Riley County Police received a social media message directed at their accounts that included a picture of someone pulling a gun from a backpack and a second picture with the caption “Don’t come to school tomorrow”. As the pictures were tweeted specifically to our accounts and contained the same wording as the original threat, it was determined this was an intentional threat intended to scare students and faculty at Manhattan High West campus, according to a media release.
According to officials, a follow-up investigation was able to quickly determine that the message was sent from a 17-year-old girl who used to be a student at Manhattan High, but currently lives out of state.
As such, police do not believe this to be a valid threat. However, RCPD made Manhattan High West campus aware of the situation. It was mutually determined that no additional response was needed.
A criminal threat case has been filed through the Riley County Police Department.
Copycat activities are often seen in these types of events, according to police.
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RILEY COUNTY – Law enforcement authorities in Riley County are investigating a social media threat against a school
Just before 8 p.m. Tuesday police learned of a threat posted to social media site Snapchat, according to a media release.
A 17-year-old male student at Manhattan High School saw a story posted to a 15-year-old boy’s Snapchat account that caused him alarm.
The picture in question had what appeared to be two hand
guns with a caption of “wild” with 3 skull emojis, and additional text stating “Don’t go to school tomorrow”.
A Follow-up investigation by Riley County Police Department’s located 2 realistic looking BB guns at the residence of the 15-year-old suspect.
Police took those BB guns into evidence and police filed a report for aggravated criminal threat.
Manhattan High West Campus gave students the option to stay home from school Wednesday.
Riley County Police Department is also maintaining a heightened presence at the school for the day.