Officials investigate spree of area school threats

Law enforcement officials among multiple agencies in the San Antonio area were busy this week investigating possible threats involving at least six middle and high schools.

Education leaders in San Antonio, Boerne, and Comal and Medina counties were notified of threatening social media posts.

These incidents follow a deadly shooting Nov. 30 at Oxford High School in Michigan, where Ethan Crumbley is accused of killing four students and injuring seven others. Crumbley has been arrested and faces terrorism and murder charges.

In the San Antonio area, all the threats made against schools were determined to not be credible and authorities don’t believe any students are in danger.

FBI officials said historically they see an uptick in reports of threats at schools after a school shooting occurs.

While local law enforcement agencies typically take the lead in these cases, the FBI regularly coordinates with them through its Joint Terrorism Task Force.

“Law enforcement depends on the public for tips regarding suspicious persons and activity, as many times it is these tips which help us stop school shootings before they occur,” the FBI said in a statement to the Express-news.

These schools were involved in threats this week:

Southwest High School — On Friday, Southwest Independent School District officials were made aware of an anonymous statement on social media that was “threatening in nature,” the district said in a Facebook post.

Officials said the threat is not credible, though they have increased the presence of police on campus.

Davenport High School — A 17year-old student was arrested and charged with making terroristic threats after making comments in class about the deadly school shooting in Michigan and doing harm to students at Davenport, according to a letter from Comal ISD.

Champion High School — Officials on Thursday were made aware of threats made against the Boerne high school.

Investigators determined the threat was a hoax and said the 14year-old involved does not live in Boerne or Fair Oaks Ranch.

Krueger Middle School — A seventh-grader is facing felony charges after allegedly posting threats against Krueger Middle School on Instagram on Wednesday night, North East ISD officials said.

The threat was not found to be credible.

Medina Valley High School — School officials were made aware Dec. 3 of rumors circulating on social media that a student was planning to shoot up the school, Medina County Sheriff Randy Brown said. The investigation revealed the threat was a rumor about a fight between students that got “blown out of proportion.”

Dobie Junior High School — Cibolo police Dec. 6 investigated a video of a student making “nonspecific threats” that was on social media, officials said. It was learned that the video was recirculating from an incident six months ago and that there was no credible threat to the school.