Tag Archives: gun

School district personnel threatened by students

Milton, VT

Two 17-year old students at Milton High School were arrested and charged with threatening to shoot two administrators, and sexually assaulting then shooting a teacher, as well as threatening to shoot another teacher at Burlington Technical Center.

The threats were discovered on one of the boy’s Facebook pages during an investigation into an armed robbery.

An excerpt from the Facebook page, which contained the names of the targeted educators, read, “Wanna get caught for fun tomorrow? Bring a gun to school ok?” said one of the boys.

The other replied, “I’m down. Lets shoot up the school?”

Police Investigate School Violence Rumors

Surprise, AZ
After a fight at Valley Vista High School, officials there have asked police to investigate rumors that a student would bring a gun to school.

The police investigated, and found that all the reports of the threat on Facebook were “third party” reports.  The police concluded that there was “no evidence that the rumors of an escalating incident were true.”

Student Accused of Assaulting Teacher, Threatening Cop

Milford, CT

A 13-year old student at Westshore Middle School was accused of assaulting a teacher and leaving the school.

When a police officer responded to the call, they found the student in a nearby parking lot.  The student took a fighting stance with the officer, hit the officer in the head, and attempted to take the officer‘s gun, but was unsuccessful.

Update on the Teacher Who Had His Gun Taken

In a previous post, we posted information on a teacher who had a gun taken from him, and was sent to a mental institution for evaluation.

We have received additional information.  Reportedly, after two weeks in the mental institution, the teacher was released with no mental illness having been found.

Below are two You Tube videos that provide additional information.  The videos do not represent the views of Safe Havens.

Video 1

Video 2

7-Year-Old Brings Gun To Wave Preparatory Academy In Far Rockaway

New York, NY

A second-grader at Wave Preparatory Academy brought a .22cal handgun to school.  Reports indicated there was a clip with 10 rounds in it in a book bag, as well as a flare gun.

A little girl told a reporter, “He said he was gonna shoot me and then he pulled it out,” When asked if the student took the gun from his backpack she replied, “No, his pocket.”