Viral School Threat Traced Back To Local High School

(Image: Marysville Police Department)

Cobb County police are investigating an image that appeared on social media on Thursday threatening violence at certain schools, a note that has reportedly been traced to a student at McEachern High School.

The image said, “Don’t Go To School MHS Students on January 28 2016”, according to ABC10 in Marysville, CA. Local parents saw the image and thought ”MHS” referred to Marysville High School. Police then put the school on lockdown on Thursday.

Local investigators then traced the original photo’s IP address to Cobb County, which led police to identify a juvenile suspect at McEachern.

Several high schools around the nation also were on lockdown because of the threat, including a school in metropolitan Cleveland, OH; Milford, DE; and central Pennsylvania. McEachern administrators were also reportedly concerned about the note, and extra officers were on campus on Thursday.