Officials placed several Mississippi school districts on lockdown due to threats of violence on Tuesday, Sept 10—less than a week after a deadly school shooting in Georgia.
Scott County Superintendent Alan Lumpkin said Bettye Mae Jack Middle School in Morton, Miss., went into lockdown status after students reported a TikTok video of a threatened school shooting to occur on Sept. 11. Law-enforcement officials responded to the school and were unable to identify a credible threat, Lumpkin said.
Lumpkin said law-enforcement presence will be increased for the remainder of the week. He commended the students for reporting a potential threat.
“We would like to thank our students for bringing this information to the attention of the school personnel,” Lumpkin said in a statement on Sept 10. “The student’s communication of the potential threat, along with the quick response of the school staff, administration, and local law enforcement, ensured the safety of our students and staff members today and should be commended.”
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The lockdown at Bettye Mae Jack Middle School was one of the latest in a series of threats across Mississippi this week. Schools in the Northwest Rankin School Zone also restricted student movement on Tuesday due to a text message alluding to mass violence on a school campus. a threat. The Rankin County Sheriff’s Department said in a release that they and the Rankin County School District Safety and Security Division immediately began actively investigating a threat that they received electronically at Northwest Rankin Middle School, in Flowood, Miss., around 8:41 a.m. on Sept. 10.
“Through the collaborative efforts of the Rankin County School District, the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department and our state and federal partners a juvenile suspect was identified and has been arrested,” the Sheriff’s Department said via Facebook. “That individual will be transported to the Juvenile Detention Facility in Pelahatchie, MS with pending proceedings in Rankin County Youth Court.”
During the investigation, Northwest Rankin Middle School, Northwest Rankin Elementary School and Northwest Rankin High School
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