Madison Local Schools Under Threat, Arrested Student Was ‘Victim’

Madison Local Schools immediately went into lockdown after officials received a threat, according to a Facebook post on the district’s account. The message stated that all students are safe.

The Butler County Sheriff’s Office said just after 7:30 a.m. a school employee received a voicemail from an unknown person threatening to “shoot up the school.”

A seventh-grade student was arrested for questioning, the sheriff’s office said. Butler County Sheriff Richard Jones told media partner Enquirer Fox19 that the student “had nothing to do” with the threat and was a “victim” of the swatting call.

Officials said Madison Elementary School will not hold classes Friday and buses were assigned to take students home, although parents who dropped off their children should pick them up at school.