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Eastpointe High School student arrested after threatening to shoot up school on Instagram

By Amber Ainsworth
Published  November 4, 2021 5:36pm EDT
Crime and Public Safety
FOX 2 Detroit

EASTPOINTE, Mich. (FOX 2) - An Eastpointe High School student was arrested Thursday after police say he posted on Instagram that he was going to shoot up the school.

Police said the student was holding a rifle magazine in the photo. Another student reported the photo, and the school was locked down.

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Officers arrested the student. They said he had no weapon at school nor at home. It appears he took the photo a few weeks ago while at a friend's home.

The student was taken to the Macomb County Youth Home, where he is expected to be charged with making an intentional threat to commit act of violence against school.