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15-Year-Old Threatened To 'Shoot Up' High School In Capital Region Over Policy, Police Say 15-Year-Old Threatened To 'Shoot Up' High School In Capital Region Over Policy, Police Say
15-Year-Old Threatened To 'Shoot Up' High School In Capital Region Over Policy, Police Say A student upset over a school policy threatened to carry out a mass shooting at a high school in the region, authorities said. In Albany County, the Watervliet Police Department was contacted on Thursday, May 18, with reports of a physical threat against Watervliet High School. An investigation determined that a 15-year-old girl was angry over a school policy and took to social media, threatening to “shoot (the school) up,” police said. The student was arrested and charged with making a terroristic threat, a felony. She was arraigned in Albany County Family Court and later released on he…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Student Stabbed During Fight At Capital Region High School Student Stabbed During Fight At Capital Region High School
Student Stabbed During Fight At Capital Region High School A high school student from the region is recovering after being stabbed by another student during an altercation on campus. The incident happened Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 6, at Schenectady High School, a district spokesperson told Daily Voice. During an altercation between two students inside a campus bathroom, a male student pulled a kitchen knife out of his pocket and cut the other student before fleeing the school, according to a district message sent to parents. The injured student required “minor” medical treatment and went home with a parent, officials said. Immediately following the…

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by Michael Mashburn