West Richland teen in school shooting threat released from detention center

A 13-year-old West Richland boy is out of custody after being accused of threatening a school shooting at Enterprise Middle School

Victor Ortiz-Davenport was released from the Benton-Franklin Juvenile Detention Center late Wednesday. He is charged with felony harassment in Benton-Franklin Juvenile Court for the threat.

West Richland police officials plan to increase presence at the school Thursday in order to insure the safety of students and staff, according to a letter by prinicpal Jennifer Klauss.

The teen was expelled from school after the allegations came to light last Friday.

According to court documents, the student used his school-issued Google Chromebook to research guns, the selling of body parts, body armor and school shooting memes.

He tried to recruit two friends, both 14, but the boys said they didn’t want to be part of a shooting, documents said.

Ortiz-Davenport had access to weapons, and allegedly showed one of the boys several guns, police said.

Two other classmates went to the principal after seeing Ortiz-Davenport looking up guns on his laptop. He allegedly became upset when he realized they were looking at his screen, and he made a comment that he was going to shoot up the school.

The police and district officials say they will be closely monitoring the situation and update people as more information becomes available.

This story was originally published February 1, 2018 at 7:47 AM with the headline "West Richland teen in school shooting threat released from detention center."