Threat Suspect to be in Court
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Updated: 11:56 AM Sep 23, 2008
Threat Suspect to be in Court
The 14-year-old Omaha North High student arrested Monday is scheduled to appear in Douglas County Juvenile Court Tuesday at 1p.m.
Posted: 10:46 PM Sep 22, 2008
Reporter: WOWT-TV
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The 14-year-old Omaha North High student arrested Monday is scheduled to appear in Douglas County Juvenile Court Tuesday at 1p.m.

Omaha police have arrested the student for a crime that has become, unfortunately, all too familiar: Making a terroristic threat against classmates.

Police took the North High freshman out of class Monday. It has not been revealed how many students the teenager planned to hurt or how he planned to carry out his threat -- but some clues led parents and students to take action.

Police will say the teen used a computer to threaten to shoot other students and himself. Some parents and students found out about the threats and alerted authorities Sunday night. Their action led police to arrest the student.

The news came as a shock to parents and students. Many at Monday night's North High School softball game did not know about the incident until Channel 6 News told them about it. They are thankful that those who knew about the threat did the right thing by going directly to authorities

Alan Whicken, an Omaha North parent said, "It's scary you know, like we were talking, you don't know if it's something personal or it's a copycat or what's going on." Wendy Forrest, another Omaha North parent said, "I'm glad somebody spoke up and let officials know and so that he could get the help he needs so he doesn't hurt himself of somebody else."

Police have removed firearms from the boy's home -- for safe keeping. The boy did not have any weapon with him when police arrested him at school.


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