CMPD arrests 14-year-old for making 'mass violence' threats: Tuesday, Sept. 27.
An eighth grader was arrested by the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department for reportedly making threats of "mass violence" against Southwest Middle School in Charlotte, CMPD said. According to police, on Sept. 19, school staff alerted a school resource officer at Southwest Middle School that a massing shooting threat had been posted on Instagram. Officers were able to track the Instagram account to an eighth-grade student. They talked to the student at their home, and the student reportedly admitted to making the threat and was arrested. "Making a school threat is not a prank - it's a crime," CMPD tweeted after announcing the arrest. READ MORE: https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/crime/14-year-old-arrested-making-mass-violence-threats/275-18bfa96e-bcb4-45aa-b857-4fb427d8bcc7 The South Carolina House of Representatives returns Tuesday to vote on an abortion bill passed earlier this month by the state Senate. The Senate's proposal would ban abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy and reduce the exceptions included in the state’s current “fetal heartbeat” law. House Republicans like Melissa Oremus (R-Aiken) and her Freedom Caucus colleagues are expressing disappointment over the changes. READ MORE: https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/politics/amended-abortion-bill-back-south-carolina-house/101-e6e4cdb9-7229-4a17-acb7-30e9932de050 Watch Wake Up Charlotte each weekday morning from 4:30 to 7 a.m. on WCNC Charlotte, and as always, join the conversation on social media using #WakeUpCLT!
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An eighth grader was arrested by the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department for reportedly making threats of "mass violence" against Southwest Middle School in Charlotte, CMPD said.
According to police, on Sept. 19, school staff alerted a school resource officer at Southwest Middle School that a massing shooting threat had been posted on Instagram.
Officers were able to track the Instagram account to an eighth-grade student. They talked to the student at their home, and the student reportedly admitted to making the threat and was arrested.
"Making a school threat is not a prank - it's a crime," CMPD tweeted after announcing the arrest.
READ MORE: https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/crime/14-year-old-arrested-making-mass-violence-threats/275-18bfa96e-bcb4-45aa-b857-4fb427d8bcc7
The South Carolina House of Representatives returns Tuesday to vote on an abortion bill passed earlier this month by the state Senate.
The Senate's proposal would ban abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy and reduce the exceptions included in the state’s current “fetal heartbeat” law.
House Republicans like Melissa Oremus (R-Aiken) and her Freedom Caucus colleagues are expressing disappointment over the changes.
READ MORE: https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/politics/amended-abortion-bill-back-south-carolina-house/101-e6e4cdb9-7229-4a17-acb7-30e9932de050
Watch Wake Up Charlotte each weekday morning from 4:30 to 7 a.m. on WCNC Charlotte, and as always, join the conversation on social media using #WakeUpCLT!