Teen arrested for threatening school shooting

Published 9:55 pm Wednesday, October 31, 2018

WINONA — Police in Winona have arrested a teenager who they said threatened to shoot up his school.

Officers responded to Winona Senior High School Wednesday morning after a student showed a Snapchat video to a school official of a 15-year-old boy making the threat.

The boy, a student at the school, was arrested at a local residence and taken to the Winona County Jail.

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Police are recommending a charge of threatening violence.