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Killeen ISD student arrested for making bomb threat, district says

A Killeen Independent School District student was arrested Wednesday after district officials said he made a written bomb threat.
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KILLEEN, Texas — A Killeen Independent School District student was arrested Wednesday after district officials said he made a written bomb threat while on the school bus.

KISD spokesman Terry Abbott said the threat was a hoax and KISD police arrested the 16-year-old student for making a terroristic threat, which is a felony.

The KISD Career Center Principal Russell Porterfield left the following voicemail for parents.

“Hello, this is Russell Porterfield, principal of the KISD Career Center, calling with important information regarding student safety.

This morning before 9 o’clock, on school bus number 515 traveling from Killeen High School to the Career Center, a student wrote down a bomb threat on the student sign-in sheet. The threat was a hoax. Killeen Police and KISD Police investigated, students were searched, and the student who made the anonymous written threat was identified and he confessed.

There was no bomb. No one was harmed and school continued as planned. The student is being charged with making a terroristic threat.

Please talk with your students and help us to make clear that no threat of any kind will ever be tolerated. These types of threats are serious crimes and we will always aggressively investigate and help prosecute any students who make such threats.”

Abbott did not identify the student.

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