Crime & Safety
Police Call School Shooting Threats Unfounded
Students may notice increased security at schools on Friday, the superintendent said.
Rumors spread on social media of planned school shootings at Anne Arundel County public schools have all been investigated and found to be not credible, police said at a press conference on Wednesday.
Lt. J.D. Batten, who is charge of school security, said some shooting rumors have come from students saying they heard it from others.
He said a student at an Anne Arundel County school texted a friend: "Don't go to school on Friday because I heard there was going to be a shooting."
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Within a few hours, Anne Arundel County police officers were interviewing the student, asking her where she heard the information.
"As it turned out, it was just, 'I heard from somebody else a rumor that this was going to happen,' so it was completely unfounded," Batten said.
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