‘Threatening text message’ prompts hold and secure at Sherwood Park school

RCMP are investigating after a student received a threatening text message concerning the safety of Bev Facey High School in Sherwood Park Wednesday morning.

Mounties were called at around 10:30 a.m. to a report of uttering threats.

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Strathcona County RCMP said a student received “a threatening text message concerning the safety of the school and advised a staff member immediately.”

The school was placed in hold-and-secure mode. “Hold and secure” protocol means classes continue normally inside the school, but the school building is locked and contained.

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When officers arrived, they quickly identified the person responsible for sending the threat, RCMP said.

A student at the school was arrested and the hold and secure was lifted.