The Casa Grande Police Department arrested a 14 year old male student for allegedly making threats to other students to “shoot up the school”. This incident occurred yesterday at Cactus Middle School, located at 1220 East Kortsen Road in Casa Grande.
CGPD was made aware of these threats late in the afternoon of February 21st after students notified school staff of this juvenile’s threats and behavior. School staff isolated the student, made sure the school and students were safe, and immediately contacted police. No students or staff were injured and no weapons were actually located on the juvenile or in his property.
Police have and continue to be in contact with the school administration, local behavioral health organizations and the juvenile’s parents. CGPD takes reports of this nature seriously and have applied resources throughout the school district today. There is no current threat to any of our local schools, students or staff and our agency would like to commend the students and staff of Cactus Middle School for taking prompt action. The school district sent communication regarding the incident to parents via their email distribution.
The juvenile was booked into the Pinal County Juvenile Detention Center yesterday and charges of Threats and Intimidation will be forwarded to the Pinal County Attorney’s Office for review.