Aug 29, 2025

15-year-old arrested for alleged gun threat at Kansas school

Posted Aug 29, 2025 10:00 AM

SHAWNEE COUNTY — Law enforcement are investigating an alleged school threat and have made an arrest.

On Thursday, a deputy-school resource officer with the Shawnee County sheriff’s office received information about a threat to a school. During the course of the investigation, it was determined that a student had made threatening comments regarding bringing a firearm to the school,  according to Deputy Abigail Christian.

The 15-year-old was arrested and booked into the Shawnee Co. Juvenile Detention Center on a requested charge of criminal threat.  The sheriff's office did not release the name of the school involved.