A 12-year-old has been arrested in connection to a threat about a mass shooting at a middle school in Norwood, Massachusetts.
Norwood police say detectives arrested the middle school student following a threat that was made toward the Coakley Middle School on Friday
One of the numbers in the group text was unknown, while the others were students, who were questioned by police to see if they could help identify the other number.According to police, the text message contained some details which led detectives to believe the person who sent it had knowledge of the middle school. While other parts of the message contained passing references to an"army" and alluded to the motive having to do with an event 17 years ago, that was not otherwise explained.
According to police, detectives were certain by 10:30 a.m. that they had identified the student who sent the message, and they had briefly spoke on the phone with the student, who was traveling out of state with family.
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