Vegas student accused of threatening high school shooting
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A teenager arrested after a tip from a parent in Arizona and accused of threatening a mass shooting at his Las Vegas high school could face trial as adult on a felony terrorism charge, the top prosecutor in southern Nevada said Monday.
Young said local, state and federal authorities were investigating — and school police decided to act even though the alleged threat didn't specify a certain time or date.
Young credited a parent of a teen in Arizona with alerting authorities in Southern California and then Nevada about the alleged threat after overhearing a Skype conversation from a Desert Oasis student about rumors that another student planned an attack.