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Kalamazoo high school student facing charges for threatening a school shooting

The Kalamazoo Township Police Department received a tip about the threat on Sept. 19.
Credit: KUSA

KALAMAZOO, Mich. - An 18-year-old Kalamazoo Central High School student has been charged with making a threat of terrorism and using a computer to commit a crime after the student threatened a school shooting online.

Police say that the 18-year-old was involved in an argument online and threatened to shoot up the school in a Facebook post.

The Kalamazoo Township Police Department received a tip about the threat on Sept. 19.

Investigators looked into the threat and determined that the student did not have "the means to act on the threat," according to a release.

The student was arrested on Sept. 21 and is being held in jail until arraignment.

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