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The minor can be charged for making threats from multiple states
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The minor can be charged for making threats from multiple states

VAN BUREN COUNTY, Mich. — Deputies in Van Buren County questioned a juvenile Wednesday afternoon after threats were called in the Paw Paw and Mattawan school districts. During the investigation, they discovered the child had also called a district in Mississippi.

The calls from Michigan came in around 12:20 and 12:37, deputies say — calls that said someone was going to come to the schools and start shooting.

“There was an immediate and overwhelming response to both schools from law enforcement and each has Van Buren County Sheriff’s Office School Resource Deputies.”
— Van Buren County Sheriff’s Office

They narrowed it down to one source — a juvenile who also reportedly called a Mississippi school district, alleging a similar danger there.

Van Buren County deputies are working with Mississippi law enforcement on their investigation into the threats, and the Van Buren County Prosecutor’s Office is reviewing their findings.

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