Teen arrested after making online threats towards Brampton high school
Posted June 2, 2022 3:26 pm.
Last Updated June 2, 2022 3:31 pm.
A teenager has been arrested after Peel Regional Police discovered what officers call disturbing messages posted online threatening a Brampton high school.
Investigators were made aware of threats posted to social media on Wednesday directed against Jean Augustine Secondary School in the Mississauga Road and Bovaird Drive area.
On Thursday, investigators arrested and charged a 17-year-old man with uttering threats to cause death or bodily harm.
The teenager could not be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act. He was held for a bail hearing and appeared in court.
Police thanked the public for their assistance with the investigation, saying the matter would be looked into further, regardless of the intention. Investigators will determine if criminal charges will be laid.
Officers spanning the GTA have responded to a recent surge in school-related incidents involving guns or online threats.
On Monday, two teens were arrested after making threats with fake guns in Aurora, resulting in two York Region schools being placed in a Hold and Secure.
A day later, three teenagers were arrested and charged following two separate pellet gun incidents at west-end Toronto schools.
Toronto police were called to a school near Bloor Street West and Dundas Street West around 12:45 p.m, where it is alleged a 15-year-old boy with a pellet gun shot a 17-year-old girl inside the school. She was not seriously injured.
SIU investigating after Toronto police fatally shoot man carrying pellet gun
Last week, Toronto police shot and killed a man carrying a pellet gun near a Scarborough school.
Responding officers believed the man was armed with a deadly weapon, but the pellet gun was later recovered.
The SIU is investigating.
The incident came two days after the fatal shooting of 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, where an 18-year-old barricaded himself inside a classroom and began firing his semi-automatic rifle.
Seventeen others were wounded in the shooting.
