High school student arrested after allegedly threatening violence against Blue Springs school

A Blue Springs High School student was arrested Sunday in connection with an alleged threatening social media post to the school.

Blue Springs police said the threat was made on the social media platform Snapchat on Sunday. The threat did not specifically involve a shooting, but implied a threat of violence, Blue Springs police spokeswoman Jennifer Brady said in an email.

Brady said the threat was sent to several students Sunday. A concerned parent of a student who received the threat contacted Blue Springs police and the school district.

Police arrested a juvenile on Sunday. Due to public records laws, police said they could not confirm the age or gender of the student who was arrested.

“We have urged families to talk to students about the seriousness of such a threat,” Brady said in an email. “Threats will not be tolerated, even if they are meant in jest.”

Two arrests in one week for threats of violence

On Tuesday, another juvenile was arrested in connection with a separate threat against a Lee’s Summit middle school.

Lee’s Summit police were notified Monday of a TikTok post that included a detailed threat against East Trails High School, police said in a news release. A juvenile was taken into custody after an investigation by police, the FBI and Lee’s Summit R7 School District.

The threat against East Trails High School is a separate incident from a vague social media threat made to other Kansas City-area schools over the weekend, Lee’s Summit R7 Superintendent David Buck said in an email to staff and families.

Several districts in the metro area have sent emails to staff and families to inform them of the threats.

The Grain Valley Police Department posted on its Facebook account that investigators determined the threat was not credible, but are still taking the incident seriously.