The Great Smoky Mountain Journal
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Tuesday, January 01, 2019 02:43 PM
Two Whittle Springs Middle School Students Arrested After Police Say They Made Threats To Shoot Other Students
At 8:51 a.m. Tuesday, the Knoxville Police Department's school resource officer assigned to Whittle Springs Middle School said they received information that two Whittle Springs Middle students had threatened to shoot Christenberry Elementary students when their fifth grade class visited the middle school on a field trip later in the day. The Christenberry Elementary students said the statements were made to them while they were waiting for their bus.
The eight Christenberry Elementary students ran away from the middle school students, according to KPD. The elementary school students reported the threat to their bus driver who then reported the incident to the school.
Authorities said the two middle school students were detained within 15 minutes of the threat being reported. KPD said the field trip continued as scheduled since no weapons were found on either suspect.
The 13-year-old male middle school students were both charged with one count of filing a false report and transported to the Richard L. Bean Juvenile Detention Facility.
