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Shooting Threat Locks Down Philly High School: Report Shooting Threat Locks Down Philly High School: Report
Shooting Threat Locks Down Philly High School: Report John Bartram High School in southwest Philadelphia went under lockdown on Friday, Oct. 21 after violent threats were made online, according to a report by CBS News.  An Instagram user posted an image with a rifle and the caption "gonna shoot up the school at 11:00 am," the outlet wrote citing police. As of 11 a.m., students were being allowed to move around the building but not to leave or re-enter, the report said.  Only hours before the school locked down, Philadelphia School District announced that it received a $1 million to combat violence at Bartram High, according to WHYY.…

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by Mac Bullock
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'My Only Goal Is To Kill More Of You Before I Die' PA Man Threatens FBI After Mar-A-Largo Raid 'My Only Goal Is To Kill More Of You Before I Die' PA Man Threatens FBI After Mar-A-Largo Raid
'My Only Goal Is To Kill More Of You Before I Die' PA Man Threatens FBI After Mar-a-largo Raid Following the FBI's raid of former President Donald Trump's home in Mar-A-Largo, a 46-year-old Pennsylvania man was been arrested for "making threats of violence against FBI personnel," on Friday, August 12, according to a release by the US Department of Justice. Adam Bies also known as Adam Kenneth Campbell on his profile on Gab with the user name  "BlankFocus" began posting violent threats “in the days following the FBI search of former President Donald Trump’s home in Florida on August 8, 2022,” according to a criminal complaint unsealed Monday in Pittsburgh federal court. The …

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by Jillian Pikora
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FBI Investigating Threats Toward 15 PA School Districts Made On Snapchat FBI Investigating Threats Toward 15 PA School Districts Made On Snapchat
FBI Investigating Threats Toward 15 PA School Districts Made On Snapchat The Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating after fifteen school districts were threatened and thirteen schools have temporarily closed due to threats made on Snapchat, according to school officials. The threats were first made on Snapchat and the echoed on other social media outlets on Monday, Nov. 29, according to school administrators in the Pittsburgh area. Some of the districts affected were McKeesport Area Schools, North Hills School District, Pittsburgh Public Schools, and Propel Charter Schools, as stated in a report by KDKA. We are aware of a threat on a social med…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Online Threat Possibly From Students Closes Upper Bucks Tech Online Threat Possibly From Students Closes Upper Bucks Tech
Online Threat Possibly From Students Closes Upper Bucks Tech An online threat possibly made by students closed Upper Bucks County Technical School for Wednesday, Mar. 17, authorities said. The tip came in around 9 p.m. Tuesday from the PA Attorney General’s Safe 2 Say Program concerning an overheard threat of violence toward the Ridge Road School, according to the Bedminster Township Police Department. Safe 2 Say Something is a youth violence prevention program run by the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General. The program teaches youth and adults how to recognize warning signs and signals, especially within social media, from individuals who may be…

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by Nicole Acosta