Seattle-area high school teacher arrested for apparently threatening to shoot students
Posted November 13, 2019 1:19 pm.
Last Updated November 13, 2019 1:27 pm.
PUALLUP, Wash. (NEWS 1130) – A teacher at a high school just south of Seattle has been arrested for apparently threatening to shoot students.
According to the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department, a 58-year-old woman was arrested at Emerald Ridge High School in Puyallup at around 12:30 p.m. Wednesday.
School resource deputies arrest 58 yr old female teacher for making threats to shoot students at Emerald Ridge High School. Suspect made threatening statement to case worker & deputies. No weapons recovered. Suspect arrested at her home this morning, she was not at school today. pic.twitter.com/824Ly88lXh
— Pierce Co Sheriff (@PierceSheriff) November 13, 2019
Police didn’t recover any weapons.
The woman was arrested at her home, and wasn’t at the school on Wednesday.