Teen Arrested After Threatening To 'Shoot Up School': YPD

YONKERS, NY — A 17-year-old Yonkers Public Schools student was arrested after making "overt threats to shoot-up the school," according to Yonkers Police Department officials.

Detectives arrested the teenager on Tuesday. He is not being identified because he is being charged as an adolescent offender. Police would only confirm that he is a high school student in the Yonkers Public School system. He is being charged with making a terroristic threat, which is a felony in New York.

Fellow students reported the troubling comments to the school administration. Yonkers police were notified. An investigation was led by the Yonkers Police Department Intelligence Division and the student was arrested. Police said there does not appear to be evidence that the student took steps to carry through on the alleged threats.

"The investigation is on-going, and additional information may be released as it becomes available," police officials said in a statement announcing the arrest. "The City of Yonkers, Yonkers Police, and Yonkers Public Schools places the highest priority on student safety, and commends the actions of those students who came forward."