School, police investigating gun threat at Indian Creek High School

<p>More police were monitoring Indian Creek High School on Tuesday after a student told another student he was going to bring a gun to school and kill him, officials said.</p><p>A parent of the student who was threatened told police at 3:41 p.m. Monday about the threat which happened during the school day in the “recent past,” principal Luke Skobel said. School was closed on Monday due to President’s Day. School officials wouldn’t divulge many details because the incident is still under investigation.</p><p>Trafalgar Police notified the school of the threat immediately, and the school sent an email to parents at all Indian Creek schools Monday night.</p>[sc:text-divider text-divider-title="Story continues below gallery" ]Click here to purchase photos from this gallery<p>“The safety of your child is our top priority, which is why we must take situations like this one very seriously. We encourage you to talk to your child about the consequences of making threats of this nature,” school officials wrote in the email to parents.</p><p>“Maintaining a safe and orderly school environment for our students is entirely dependent on a cooperative partnership between school and home.”</p><p>Trafalgar Police searched the home of the boy who made the threat, but found no weapons. His parents, who were cooperative, said he does not have access to weapons, Skobel said.</p><p>The student, who is a sophomore at the school, has not been arrested, said Charles Roberts, Trafalgar police chief. A report will likely be filed with Johnson County Juvenile Probation, he said.</p><p>Both the school and police are still investigating the incident. School officials are talking to other students who may have more details about what exactly happened and why the student made the threat, Skobel said.</p><p>“I do know that social media played a role,” he said.</p><p>The student who made the threat was not at school on Tuesday as the investigation continues, Superintendent Tim Edsell said.</p><p>“Serious consequences are being mitigated,” Edsell said.</p><p>“Any time we get a threat, we want to take it seriously. We want to do our due diligence to find out all of the details, and do our due diligence to make sure all students are safe.”</p><p>In addition to the regularly scheduled school resource officer who was on duty, two Trafalgar police officers, including Roberts, monitored the high school during arrival and release on Tuesday.</p><p>It is unclear how long the school will have that added police presence, Roberts said.</p><p>“We had a smooth start to the school day,” Edsell said Tuesday morning.</p><p>“It is safe to come to school. We really do not expect any further disruptions,” Skobel said.</p>