Teen arrested after 'potential' Wisconsin elementary school shooting thwarted by staff: police

A 13-year-old lad is successful custody aft allegedly attempting to participate a Kenosha, Wisconsin, simple schoolhouse with a weapon Thursday greeting earlier getting frightened disconnected by a unit member, according to police.

The Kenosha Police Department said conscionable aft 9 a.m. Thursday, a suspicious lad walked into a secured country successful the schoolhouse with a backpack.

When the lad was approached by a schoolhouse unit member, helium instantly fled. All schools successful the Kenosha Unified School District (KUSD) were past placed nether a schoolhouse hold, meaning concern arsenic accustomed wrong buildings with cipher allowed to participate oregon exit.

Police said during a property league they received respective tips astir the fishy being successful the area, which yet led to them locating the suspect, a 13-year-old KUSD student. Responding officers convinced the teen to surrender earlier helium was arrested.

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A Kenosha, Wis., teen who allegedly attempted to participate an simple schoolhouse with a weapon is seen connected video practicing what constabulary said are "room introduction techniques." (Kenosha Police Department)

In a video shared by constabulary during the property conference, the arrested teen is seen holding a firearm wrong a home.

Officials said the video shows the teen appearing to signifier "room introduction techniques."

Investigators besides learned the teen searched schoolhouse shootings connected the net earlier Thursday's incident.

"We judge that this was really an equipped fishy with a firearm, and determination was nary morganatic crushed to participate the school," Kenosha Police Chief Patrick Patton said. "The lone crushed the idiosyncratic was not capable to afloat participate the schoolhouse was due to the fact that of the speedy and diligent actions of the schoolhouse staff."

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Kenosha, Wis., constabulary arrested a 13-year-old lad for allegedly trying to participate an simple schoolhouse portion armed. (iStock)

KUSD Superintendent Jeff Weiss told reporters the teen attempted to participate the simple schoolhouse aggregate times, explaining the pupil checked respective doors and entrances earlier going to the secured entry.

"Today we experienced thing that each schoolhouse unit and families fear, a imaginable schoolhouse shooting," Weiss said.

Weiss emphasized that erstwhile Roosevelt was constructed, it was built to get students retired successful the lawsuit of a fire, not for challenges schools look today, specified arsenic shootings.

In a missive obtained by FOX 6 successful Milwaukee, which was sent to the schoolhouse community, Weiss informed parents information enactment done arsenic a territory prevented further tragedy.

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"Our unit and students, on with instrumentality enforcement partners, regularly review, program and drill for incidents similar the 1 we encountered astatine Roosevelt this morning. We bash not instrumentality this lightly," Weiss said. "We are thankful for the secured entranceway astatine Roosevelt Elementary School that prevented casual entree to the gathering and our students and staff. We are thankful for our unit who bravely halt the idiosyncratic and inquire questions that origin the idiosyncratic to question their choices and flee.

"We are thankful for aggregate instrumentality enforcement agencies who stepped up to situation our schools, not conscionable successful Kenosha Unified, but passim the county," helium added. "We are thankful for our unit who proceed to enactment with our children, your children, our students passim the time to supply arsenic overmuch normalcy arsenic possible, contempt their ain fears that they whitethorn beryllium facing. We are thankful for our families who trusted america to enactment with instrumentality enforcement to support their children safe."