RCMP arrest youth after threats made to shoot students at Alberta school - BERITAJA

A younker has been arrested aft constabulary allege threats were made complete societal media to sprout students astatine a precocious schoolhouse successful cardinal Alberta.

RCMP opportunity they received reports about 10:15 Wednesday nighttime about the threats complete the messaging app Snapchat involving William E Hay School successful Stettler, about an hr eastbound of Red Deer.

Mounties opportunity they quickly began an investigation and obtained grounds to support the youth’s arrest.

The RCMP wouldn’t opportunity whether the fishy is simply a student astatine the school, but a complaint of uttering threats is pending.

RCMP said they don’t judge location is immoderate ongoing threat to students and staff, but the RCMP’s School Recourse Officer and Detachment are moving pinch the schoolhouse and retired of an abundance of be aware location will beryllium an ongoing constabulary beingness astatine the school.

Police are besides asking anyone who has accusation that whitethorn beryllium of liking to investigators to interaction the Stettler RCMP detachment astatine 403-742-3381.

Tips could besides beryllium submitted done Crime Stoppers astatine 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS), online astatine www.P3Tips.com aliases by downloading the Crime Stoppers app – P3 Tips – from the app store.

With files from BERITAJA.