CCSO: Happy Valley High School student arrested for threat of mass violence

CARTER COUNTY, Tenn. (WJHL) — A Happy Valley High School student has been arrested and charged with threat of mass violence following a discovered social media threat to the school, the Carter County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) reports.

According to a release on Saturday, the sheriff’s office learned of an online threat of violence involving firearms at Happy Valley High School on Sept. 11.

The CCSO said it, along with the Elizabethton Police Department and the Department of Homeland Security, worked to conduct an investigation and identified a person of interest, who was ultimately found to be responsible for the threat.

The sheriff’s office said it arrested a 15-year-old male Happy Valley High School student and charged him with threat of mass violence on school property. The juvenile was being detained pending judicial review on Saturday morning, the CCSO said.

A spokesperson for the CCSO confirmed to News Channel 11 that this incident is completely unrelated and separate from a threat and subsequent false reporting charge to an Elizabethton High School student on Friday, who reportedly admitted to posting a different threat against Happy Valley High School “as a joke . “

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