By Katherine Murphy
A threat circulating on social media that stated someone was going to shoot up ‘BHS” caused some confusion in District 87 Friday morning.
Talking with WJBC’s Scott Laughlin, District 87 Superintendent Dr. Barry Reilly, said Bloomington High School was notified of the posting Thursday night.
“The post stated ‘BHS’ and people who see that here will immediately assume that’s Bloomington High School. That launched an investigation and it turned out it was Bastrop High School in Louisiana”
Reilly said because of the speed that things spread through social media they had to be prepared
“We had to gather our resources to get ready this morning to make sure that we’re alerting our parents and our students at Bloomington High school to assure them that it’s not related to our school at all. Just to be sure that they know that they’re kids are safe and out day will go on as normally scheduled.”
The Bastrop Police Department along with the Morehouse Parish Sheriffs Office in Louisiana have arrested 18-year-old Tyina Rowden for terrorizing threats.
Katherine Murphy can be reached at katherine.murphy@cumulus.com
