ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. (FOX 56) — A seventh grader in Elizabethtown has been charged with terroristic threatening following an incident on Tuesday.
The Elizabethtown Police Department said they were contacted around 3:50 p.m. in reference to a threatening complaint. The initial report indicated a seventh grader at Bluegrass Middle School shared plans with classmates that they (the suspect) planned to bring a gun to school the following day (Wednesday) and shoot other students.
Within an hour and a half of receiving the complaint, the suspect was located, taken into custody, and charged with terroristic threatening, according to police.
“Regardless of the suspect’s age, this type of behavior is criminal and will not be tolerated,” the Elizabethtown Police Department stated in a release on Facebook.