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Police respond to ‘threat’ at school

Ivan Foley by Ivan Foley
September 23, 2002
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Platte City Police appeared at the Platte City Middle School Friday morning after reports of a possible threat made by a student had circulated among other students, teachers, parents, and administrators.

“On Thursday night we started getting calls from the middle school principal in regard to a threat that had been made to a number of children,” Police Chief Joe McHale said this week. A student had apparently told other students he had a gun and was going to bring it to school and “do harm,” McHale said.

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Police showed up at the school early Friday morning. When the student, age 12, arrived for class, he was taken into custody by police and questioned.

“The boy had just said the wrong things to the wrong people and it got back to the principal,” McHale said. He said the investigation determined the boy does not have a gun and does not have access to a gun.

“The boy and his mother were very cooperative,” McHale said. The chief said in his opinion the boy made comments after “he was tired of being picked on.”

The matter was briefly turned over to juvenile authorities, but McHale said the case is closed. He said he wants to assure parents the situation has been handled and wants to squash rumors surrounding the incident.

“There is no threat,” he said this week, adding there had been unfounded rumors of a “hit list,” among other things.

“Rest assured, we take these types of matters very seriously. Students need to be aware of that,” McHale said.



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Ivan Foley

Ivan Foley

Ivan Foley, owner/publisher of the Platte County Landmark, has been on the news beat in Kansas City's Northland for 40 years. He provides weekly observations in his Between the Lines column and serves as host of Landmark Live, a light-hearted videocast featuring newsmakers in the Northland.

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