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EXETER, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - A 15-year-old was arrested aft helium allegedly threatened a schoolhouse shooting successful Tulare County connected Wednesday that helium said was "intended arsenic a joke," constabulary said.
On Oct. 15 astatine astir 9:20 p.m., the Exeter Police Department was alerted to threats of a imaginable schoolhouse shooting that was posted connected a societal media platform. The threats were directed towards Exeter High School.
After an investigation, detectives identified a 15-year-old pupil arsenic the root of the threats. Officers went to the teen's home, wherever constabulary said helium admitted to making the threats but claimed they were "intended arsenic a joke."
While astatine the teen's home, officers said they recovered that helium had entree to 3 firearms and had been sharing images of the weapons with different students. The teenager's sanction was not officially released.
The firearms were seized and the teen was taken into constabulary custody. He was aboriginal booked into the Tulare County Juvenile Detention Facility.
