UPDATE: Ki-Be student arrested after threats to shoot up school
.JPG "Kiona-Benton High School at 1205 Horne Drive in Benton City.")
A student was arrested Friday after threatening to shoot up Kiona-Benton City High School, school district and sheriff’s officials said Friday.
The teen boy posted the threat on social media Thursday night, according to sheriff’s investigators.
A teacher and student reported the threat to Ki-Be Principal Clay Henry after arriving at school Friday morning, the district said.
Deputies responded to the school and arrested the teen Friday, investigators said.
The teen booked him into the Benton-Franklin County Juvenile Detention Center.
Henry’s letter to high school parents was put on the district’s website and the Twitter feed.
The district’s Twitter post went on to say Benton County sheriff’s deputies were immediately informed about the threat.
“The sheriff’s department has completed a thorough investigation and has taken the student into custody,” the district’s Twitter said.
The school district said it and Ki-Be High School take all threats seriously.
Ki-Be was the focus of a murder plot in late 2017, and was caught up in a rash of threats against schools in February.
This story was originally published September 21, 2018 at 12:55 PM.