Tuesday, September 10, 2019

Threat reported at Westwood High School

The Independent Voice of Blythewood & Fairfield County newspaper reports today that there was a threat at Westwood High School in the Richland 2 School District.

Read the article here: 
https://www.blythewoodonline.com/2019/09/r2-acknowledges-whs-threat/?fbclid=IwAR0rQGVZHwUP9DxArXZi-DtS_Ff1fsnnFe_Em6L7eZAOgcgEUlfTtl6noTo

The article and the letter from Richland 2's Libby Roof do not name the student.

An undated letter from Westwood's Principal indicates only "yesterday", so who knows when the threat was. WIS-TV reports that a 15-year-old student was charged today (Sept. 10). An article on www.wistv.com indicates the Principal's letter was sent today, so maybe "yesterday" means the incident happened on September 9.

The kid allegedly had two knives in his possession (length not mentioned) and reportedly had threatened to shoot up the school. Maybe his defense of a "joke" will work.

Some of us remember the good, ol' days when we carried pocket knives to school. Country kids even kept rifles in their trucks for hunting at noon and after school. My, how times have changed.

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