News Channel Nebraska / WOWT
The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday that a Bennington High School student had been booked into the juvenile center to face charges of terroristic threats.
DCSO’s news release stated that that they were notified via the Safe2Help tip line the “student had brought a handgun to a school parking lot and was pointing it at students” on Tuesday.
The tip sparked a DCSO investigation. According to the release, deputies interviewed several students and conducted searches. The gun was found at the student’s home, and confiscated by DCSO.
“At the time of the arrest there was no threat to the public and no weapons were located on the student, in his vehicle or at the school,” the release states.
The note sent to parents from Bennington schools Superintendent Gregory Lamberty said that “the incident was quickly resolved,” thanking the students who “immediately reported the incident and the quick response of law enforcement.”
Bennington Police Chief Andrew Hilscher told our partners at 6 News in an email response on Thursday morning that he had not been made aware of the incident at the high school.
“I was informed this morning by a social media post,” he said, noting that the post contained a screenshot of the email the Bennington School District sent to parents on Wednesday night.
Hilscher also noted that “the Bennington school resource officer is a deputy of the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office and not an officer of Bennington.”
