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INTERNATIONAL AIR PO.
TOM HILLEN, "24 HOUR
NEWS 8".
RUMORS OF VIOLENT
THREATS CLOSING SCHOOL
DISTRICTS ALL OVER THE
RATING HERE IN WEST
MICHIGAN, BATTLE CREEK
PUBLIC, HARPER CREEK,
LAKEVIEW, AND PENNFIELD
COUNTY.
THEY ARE ALL CLOSED
BECAUSE OF A POSSIBLE
THREAT.
POLICE AND SCHOOL
OFFICIAL ARE NOT GIVING
OUT A LOT OF D DID HE TAIL
BUT HEATHER WALKER WAS
IN BATTLE CREEK ALL DAY
INVESTIGATING.
Reporter: WELL,
NEITHER THE MISS OR THE
DISTRICTS ARE SAYING
WHAT THAT RUMOR WAS.
BUT SINCE THE
CONNECTICUT SHOOTING
SCHOOLS ARE TAKING ALL
THREATS VERY SERIOUSLY.
THAT IS WHY EVEN AFTER
INVESTIGATION BY POLICE
SHOWED THOSE RUMORS WERE
FALSE AND THEY ARE STILL
SHUTTING DOWN SCHOOLS.
WE CANNOT TICK A
CHANCE NOW.
PRECIOUS.
WOULDN'T WANT TO TICK A
CHANCE WITH MY CHILD.
HER KIDS GO TO HARPER
CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL AND
SAYS EVEN IF THE
DOWN SCHOOL SHE WOULD
HAVE PULLED HER KIDS
OUT.
IF THE SCHOOL IS NOT
GOING TO TAKE CHARGE,
YOU HAVE TO AS A PARENT.
OTHER PARENTS ARE
TRUSTING THE DISTRICT.
IF THEY WERE TO IT
WILL ME MY KID HAS TO GO
TO SCHOOL TOMORROW, THEY
WOULD GO.
ACCORDING TO
PENNFIELD
SUPERINTENDENT, RUMORS
BEGAN SPREADING QUICKLY
ON FACEBOOK ABOUT A
THREAT THREE OF THE FOUR
SCHOOL DISTRICTS POLICE
ARE TRYING TOKING IF GU
OUT WHO STARTED THEM.
ONE STUDENT CONTACTED
WOOD TV SAYING HE WAS
THE REASON SCHOOL CLOSED
THAT KIDS STARTED A
FALSE RUMOR ABOUT HIM
BRINGING A GUN TO
SCHOOL.
WRITING ON THIS IS
FACEBOOK PAGE, THIS IS
REALLY GETTING OUT OF
HAND, GUYS, RUMOR NEEDS
TO STOP.
HE GUESS ON TO WRITE "I
DON'T OWN ANY TYPE OF
GUN NOR WOULD I EVER
BRING ANY TYPE OF WEAPON
TO SCHOOL" BATTLE CREEK
POLICE SAY THEY NEVER
INTERVIEWED THAT STUDENT
BUT SUGGESTED THAT
SAFETY DID.
PARPS ARE SAY THEY ARE
NOT SURPRISED IF KIDS
ARE NOW TAKING ADVANTAGE
OF THE SITUATION
STARTING RUMORS TO GET
THEY MAY.
I MEAN, THAT IS WHAT
HAPPENED WHEN I WAS KID.
SCHOOL.
THAT IS WHAT MEANED.
HAD KIDS THAT DID IT.
THEY TOOK ADVANTAGE OF.
THEY REALIZE THERE IS
GOING BE CONSEQUENCE.
THEY GOT PROSECUTED.
OVER CHRISTMAS BREAK.
POLICE HOPE TO FIND WHO
STARTED THE RUMORS.
THAT THEY WILL DECIDE IF
ANYONE WILL BE
PROSECUTED.
IN BATTLE CREEK TO NEWT.
HEATHER WALKER, "24 HOUR
NEWS 8".
SCHOOL WILL BE OPEN
TOMORROW.
IT WAS LOCKED DOWN TODAY
FOR A ABOUT 30 MINUTES
THIS AFTER THE POLICE
SAY A STUDENT ALLEGEDLY
THREATENED A MEMBER OF
ADMINISTRATION.
WE ARE TOLD THE STUDENT
LEFT THE CYCLE AND
POLICE FOUND HIM AT HEM
ANSWER WAS QUESTIONED
AND POLICE DETERMINED HE
DIDN'T PEACE THREAT WE