Officials: Student may face terrorism charge after Midvale Middle School shooting threat

By Jacob Klopfenstein for KSL | Posted - March 11, 2019 at 1:16 p.m.

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MIDVALE — A Midvale Middle School student may face a charge of making a terroristic threat after school staffers found writing in a school hallway on Friday that appeared to threaten a school shooting, officials said.

The 14-year-old female student confessed to writing the message, according to Unified Police Sgt. Melody Gray and Canyons School District spokesman Jeff Haney.

The threat was not considered credible, and the school is safe today, Gray said.

Janitorial staffers found writing in the hallway that said someone was going to bring a gun to school on Monday, officials said. The message also had some expletives and said that school “sucks,” Gray said.

The message, written in pencil, appeared to be something a student would think would be funny to write, but police were immediately notified and the threat was taken seriously, Haney said.

School officials reviewed video footage and were able to determine who wrote the message, Gray said.

School students and teachers were “safe at all times” on Monday morning, Haney said in a message that was sent out to parents and guardians of students. School will continue as normal throughout the day Monday, and counselors are available to speak with students, Haney said.