Recently there have been outbreaks of threats in numerous local districts. In the month of September, Bedford High School, Woodhaven High School, Southfield A&T High School, South Lyon East High School, have all had threats. Each of these schools has different reasons for why the threats happened, but all of them did involve a gun.
The most recent school threat was Sept. 30 affecting Southfields school district. All schools in the Southfield district were closed on Monday, Sep 30. A 15-year-old boy was arrested after an officer found a gun at Southfield A&T High School. The gun was found in the student’s waistband. According to CBS News, “he was charged with carrying a concealed weapon, resisting and obstructing and possession of a weapon in a weapons-free school zone.”
Bedford High School was also involved in a threat at their homecoming dance. On Sept. 21, a 15-year-old boy from Toledo, OH made a threat against the school’s homecoming dance in regard to a dispute with his ex-girlfriend. The dance did not get canceled, police officers closely monitored the students throughout the night.
On Sept 20, Woodhaven High School had a threat related to the varsity football game. A former Woodhaven student reported the threat to police. The threat did not come from a student at the school, they then ruled there was no threat to the public. With this happening the varsity football game against Mott High School was canceled that night.
The latest threat that was made was on Sept. 9 affecting South Lyon East High School. A 16-year-old boy posted on his Snapchat, “Guys, imma going to shoot up the school tomorrow.” The boy is not allowed on school property until further notice. The parents told the police that he had no access to weapons at home. Following all of this there were also two more other students that posted something similar to their stories.
With the increase of school shootings happening school threats are taken very seriously. The Detroit News states “in today’s climate, simply stating ‘I’m just kidding, I didn’t mean it, or it was a joke,’ does not impact the seriousness of the situation… We ask that if any students have information about a safety concern, they always inform administration or another trusted adult as soon as possible.”
