Ryle High School Threats: Fourth Teen Arrested, Threatened To 'Shoot Nonstop'

A 17-year-old girl was taken into custody Tuesday for a threat directed at Larry A Ryle High School, Kentucky. This is the fourth threat directed toward the school since Sunday night.

Fox 19 reported Boone County Sheriff's Office received a call from the girl’s mother Tuesday evening saying her daughter received a threat via Snapchat. The threat read, “Since nobody showed up to school today, just wait till (sic) tomorrow, I’m going to drive past the cafeteria during 3rd lunch with my dad’s machine gun and just shoot nonstop.”

Dispatchers reached her house and felt an inconsistency in the girl’s story. The teen ultimately confessed to having made the threat. She said she posted the threat to her Snapchat story as she did not want to go to school the following day. The teen was charged with “terroristic threatening” and “fleeing or evading police and resisting arrest” and placed at Campbell County Juvenile Detention Center.

“We will continue to work the sheriff’s department to ensure the safety of our students and staff. Ryle will operate on a normal schedule and we will have additional staff and law enforcement at Ryle (Wednesday)," the school district said in a statement Tuesday.

Earlier in the day, a 15-year-old boy was also arrested and charged with making terroristic threat against another school after parents and students reported a social media post reading the school would “be a bloodbath soon.” The boy was a student at Randall K. Cooper High School.

On Monday, a 17-year-old was taken into police custody for making social media threats against the school. A few hours later, another 15-year-old male juvenile was charged after he threatened to shoot those who can't "keep their mouths shut" while having a conversation with another student of the school. Officials said the two teens did not have any affiliation.

"A third threat related to the original threat directed toward Ryle High occurred last night. The Boone County Sheriff’s Department has custody of this person. All threats are taken seriously and immediately pursued by authorities and schools administrators. Often times when these threats/incidents occur, copycats will follow and they too must be investigated. So it is not uncommon that we keep hearing about a new threat. We are working with the Sheriff’s department to ensure the safety of our students and staff. The Sheriff’s department has surrounded, searched and cleared the entire campus for safe attendance. Unless otherwise recommended by authorities, Ryle will continue to operate on a normal schedule with additional staff and law enforcement on site,” Barbara Cain Brady, Boone County schools/community relations coordinator, said in a statement.

The entire situation began on Monday morning when parents informed officials about a picture circulating on social media speaking about a possible shooting incident at the school.

"We were made aware of a threat on social media. The threat was toward Ryle High School. We acted on the threat, working in conjunction with the Boone County Sheriff's Department,” Boone County Deputy Superintendent Eric McArtor had initially said, WLWT reported.