A juvenile has been charged Wednesday in connection to threats made on social media towards schools in Christian County.
Hopkinsville Police say they have charged a juvenile who made threats on social media to shoot several students, causing schools to be put on high alert this week.
During the investigation, it was reportedly found that the juvenile had the device that created and shared the threatening messages, and the juvenile had also attempted to delete the evidence.
The juvenile was arrested and charged with complicity second-degree terroristic threatening, and tampering with physical evidence.
School district spokeswoman Johnna Brown says they would like to thank the Hopkinsville Police Department for their quick action and a thorough investigation, which ultimately led to the arrest of an individual threatening our students.
Brown says they will not tolerate threats or this type of behavior, adding they take this very seriously and will work with law enforcement to find the identity of those responsible.
Police encourage community members to share information regarding these threats directly with law enforcement and not share the post across social media. Police say the Christian County Public School System and FBI helped in this Investigation.
Second-degree terroristic threatening is a class C felony and tampering with physical evidence is a class D felony in the State of Kentucky.
