Sheriff: School threats taken seriously
LISBON — Threats in schools after shootings elsewhere are a growing problem, according to Columbiana County Sheriff David Smith.
School officials in the Beaver Local, Lisbon, and United Local districts have found messages since last week, referring to Virginia Tech — where a gunman killed 32 students and faculty on April 16 before killing himself.
Smith noted that Friday was the anniversary of the 1999 shootings at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo., where two students killed 13 people, then themselves.
“Myself and my staff have spoken at practically every school in the county urging the kids not make the threats in jest or off the cuff,” Smith said. “You have to take them seriously.”
None one has been charged at any of the schools; Smith said charges will be filed if the writers can be identified.
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