NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — A fifth-grade student at the same Virginia elementary school where a first-grader shot his teacher last month told classmates in a text message that he would “pop some bullets” and tell someone to shoot up the class, a school official wrote in an email to parents.
Karen Lynch, an administrator who is currently leading the Newport News school, wrote in the email that several fifth-grade students were texting each other on Saturday when one of them allegedly made the threat. Another student told their parent, who contacted the teacher of the student who made the threat, Lynch wrote. The teacher then notified administrators.
“I immediately contacted the student’s parent and excluded the student from school,” Lynch wrote.
Lynch said police are investigating and a threat assessment is in progress.
“Please rest assured that all protocols are being followed and this incident is being addressed accordingly,” Lynch wrote.