OAKLAND COUNTY, Mich. – A 16-year-old student at Lake Orion High School was arrested Tuesday after making a threat that many people were going to die in a shooting at the school.
Police said the student, a sophomore at the school, is being held in Oakland County Children’s Village on a charge of making a threat of violence against a school.
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A hearing was set for Wednesday (March 5) to determine his next steps in the case.
Officials said the threat was discovered by a resident who saw the threat on social media and alerted the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office.
Police said the threat was made at 3 a.m. on March 1 and stated that on March 5, an unnamed person was going to shoot up the school “and many people will die.”
Using the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office Computer Crimes Unit, officials said they obtained search warrants and identified the sender of the message.
Police said it was later determined that the student had no access to a firearm in his home.
Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard said that because of the phony threat, 490 students called in sick on Monday, 255 students did not appear for school on Tuesday, and 356 were missing on Wednesday.
