Wenonah High School student arrested after school shooting threat

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. ( WIAT ) — A Wenonah High School student was arrested after making threats towards his school on Friday morning, police report.

Birmingham Police Department states that around 10:30 a.m., school resource officers were alerted about a threat made by a student. A 16-year-old male was in class when several classmates made a joke about him that “he didn’t like,” according to the report.

In response, the student said he was going to carry out a shooting at the school on Monday. Several students and a teacher were present when the suspect made the verbal threat.

The student was arrested and the SROs presented case information to a Jefferson County Family Court magistrate. A juvenile petition was signed on the allegation of a second-degree charge of making a terrorist threat.

This announcement marks the fifth high school in the Birmingham City School System that received threats this week, following arrests at Carver, Parker, Woodlawn and Huffman .

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