KMS student arrested for school shooting threats
KELLOGG – Officers with the Kellogg Police Department (KPD) took a 14-year old juvenile into custody Friday morning for making threats to do harm against students and staff at Kellogg Middle School (KMS).
Kellogg Police Chief David Wuolle told the News-Press that on Thursday, Feb. 22 at approximately 9 p.m., KPD was notified by the Kellogg School District (KSD) that there was a possible threat to KMS from a student.
An investigation was immediately launched by KPD with the assistance of the Shoshone County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) and the Osburn Police Department (OPD).
At approximately 12:30 a.m. Friday morning, officers brought the student in for questioning. According to Wuolle, the juvenile admitted during the interview their intention to carry out a school shooting scenario at KMS and identified themselves as a school shooter.
Specifics of the would-be shooter’s plan were not released, but evidence of their intentions were found on posts made to social media platforms on Thursday.
The juvenile was immediately arrested following the interview and has since been transferred to Kootenai County Juvenile Detention Center.
Wuolle confirmed that this threat was isolated to the single individual and there is no evidence to suggest anyone else was involved.
Following the incident, KSD Superintendent Woody Woodford stated that “the safety of our students and staff in the Kellogg School District remains our number one priority.”
He added, “the Shoshone County Sheriff’s Department, Kellogg Police Department, Shoshone County Prosecutor’s Office, and Kellogg School District personnel continue to work collaboratively with the Kellogg School District to ensure the ongoing safety of our students and staff.”
In response to this and other incidents that have occurred recently in our area, local school district staff and law enforcement officials will be meeting on Monday, Feb. 26 at the Wallace School District Office in Silverton to discuss student safety here in the Silver Valley.