Police: 11-year-old charged after threatening to ‘shoot up’ Dobyns-Bennett High School

KINGSPORT, Tenn. (WJHL) — An 11-year-old has been charged with a felony after they allegedly made a threat against Dobyns-Bennett High School.

A news release from the Kingsport Police Department (KPD) states the department was notified of the threat around 8:30 p.m. on Sept. 19. The threat had reportedly been made on TikTok.

According to the KPD, the threat stated they would “shoot up DB.”

Kingsport police increased the officer presence at Dobyns-Bennet and started to look into the threat.

“KPD Officers and Detectives used various investigative tools to track down the creator of the threat and learned that it was an 11-year-old juvenile,” the release states.

Police filed a petition against the juvenile charging them with one felony count of false reporting.

The KPD and Kingsport City Schools stated in the release that they take any and all threats “extremely seriously.”

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