MESQUITE (WBAP/KLIF News) – UPDATE: The Mesquite Police Department arrested a 14-year-old middle school student after allegedly making threats on social media.
Lieutenant Stephen Biggs said it was directed at West Mesquite High School and then ultimately at Frasier Middle School.
Biggs said investigators were able to track down the source of where the post was made.
“The post was very vague it said something bad would happen at Frasier Middle School and West Mesquite High School Monday, it was enough to cause alarm,” he said.
He said the student, who attended Frasier Middle School, is charged with false alarm of a report, a state jail felony. “Student safety is the top priority and the Mesquite Police Department and MISD and we want to make sure every campus is as safe as it possibly can be,” Biggs said. “With things that are going in in the world today and with shootings that are happening here and in other states, everything needs to be taken seriously and these are felony offenses when they post things like this,” he said.
Listen to Kat Boonzaier’s report below:
ORIGINAL STORY: There is extra police presence at two Mesquite ISD schools Monday as investigators look into a threat made on social media Sunday night.
Lieutenant Stephen Biggs with Mesquite Police said a “vague” threat was made to West Mesquite High School and Frasier Middle School.
“Although the threat was vague in nature, we obviously take any type of threat very seriously and immediately had investigators try to determine the source of this threat and determine the credibility of it,” he said.
Biggs did not specify what the threat was but police said it referenced an incident that was supposed to happen today.
In a statement, Mesquite Police said “The safety and security of Mesquite ISD students and staff is a top priority.”
Mesquite Police Department
Press Release 2019-37
October 6, 2019
MISD Online School Threat pic.twitter.com/TURw0ALHgd— City of Mesquite, TX (@cityofmesquite) October 7, 2019
The department also thanked the families and staff for quickly alerting district officials and law enforcement.
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