KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) – Another Knox County Schools student has been charged with threatening mass violence, according to the Knoxville Police Department.

KPD’s Scott Erland made the announcement Tuesday morning, saying a late-night investigation led to the arrest. According to Erland, officers were told a 15-year-old Bearden High School student had made the threat, prompting them to respond to a home in West Knoxville.

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Tennessee Homeland Security agents and officers from the Knox County Sheriff’s Office assisted in the investigation, Erland said.

The student was taken into custody and charged, marking the latest in a string of East Tennessee students to face consequences for making threats.

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