An 11-year-old male student at Vine Middle Magnet School was arrested and charged on Tuesday evening for the threat of mass violence after he allegedly “made a school shooting threat,” according to the Knoxville Police Department (KPD).
KPD said one of the department’s school resource officers responded to Vine Middle Magnet School to investigate a report that the student had made a school shooting threat.
Through a collaborative investigative effort between KPD and the Knox County School Security, KPD Violent Crimes Unit detectives responded to the student’s residence to conduct a home visit.
KPD said no weapons were located during the home visit and that “detectives were told that the student did not have access to weapons.”
