WASHINGTon Boy arrested in threat that closed schools

Associated Press

BATTLE GROUND, Wash.

A 13-year-old boy was arrested Wednesday after threats that prompted the closure of six southwest Washington schools, police said.

The closures affected nearly 4,300 students.

Multiple, written threats that police described as credible had been made Tuesday against Chief Umtuch Middle School in the city of Battle Ground. The boy is a student at that school, Battle Ground police Sgt. Aaron Kanooth said.

“Officers have determined that the suspect did not possess the means to carry out any of the threats that were made,” Kanooth said, adding there is no evidence anyone else was involved.

Police interviewed the boy, seized his computer and released him to the custody of his parents, Kanooth said.