Tuscaloosa Police Taking a School Threat Seriously
The Tuscaloosa Police Department is looking into a threat of violence allegedly made to a Tuscaloosa school yesterday.
According to the Tuscaloosa News, the threat started when a photo of a young man was posted on social media with a claim that he had recently been released from a mental health care facility and had threatened to commit violence at a school. Authorities are now trying to determine if the threat is credible.
The Tuscaloosa Police Department released a statement last night on Facebook:
“The Tuscaloosa Police Department takes threats of any kind seriously, especially ones that may involve our children,” the release from TPD stated. “We received information regarding a possible threat; however, no individual school has been directly threatened. TPD is still accessing its credibility, as we do so we have taken proactive measures to ensure the safety of students in our city.
You can see statements here from Mayor Walt Maddox, Tuscaloosa City Schools Superintendent Mike Daria and Tuscaloosa County Sheriff Ron Abernathy.