A student was arrested Thursday morning in connection with threats of mass violence against Hunter Middle School, according to a news release from the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office.
Witness statements collected by the school’s resource deputy said the student allegedly stated he was going to “shoot down the school” and that he was pretending to shoot his peers by pointing his hand at them in a finger gun shape, the release said.
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School administrators did not find a weapon on the student or in his belongings, according to the release.
The student was arrested and taken to the Hamilton County Juvenile Detention Center, the release said.
He is being charged with threats of mass violence, according to the release.
The student has not been identified by police, and no further information is available because the student is a juvenile, the release said.
—Compiled by Sarah Dolgin