The FBI on Tuesday noticed a threat involving two teenage girls, ages 15 and 16, and used guns targeting Memorial High School in Harris County, Texas to “mass casualty attacks.” “I plotted what I called according to the law. Execution source.
The threats were concrete and were well considered to allow the FBI threat mitigation team to move quickly.
At 2:45pm (CST), the FBI, known as the local law enforcement partner in Montgomery County, Harris County, and the Spring Branch Independent School District, worked at the same time to find the girl.
By 3:15pm, just 30 minutes after the FBI call, both girls had been placed and detained, law enforcement said.
“We received a call from an FBI agent we worked very closely on, and they provided us with information they deemed reliable. Larry Vimbridge, chief of Spring Branch ISDF, said ABC. He told the news.
Baimbridge said the system worked in this case.
“This is the perfect example of the working of state and federal law enforcement agencies, and this is exactly what this information should be processed and I think I am grateful to the FBI for getting it straight away.
“This planned attack could not have been stopped without exceptionally close partnerships between the FBI Houston, Spring Branch ISD Police Department, the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office and the Houston Police Department,” FBI Houston spokesperson said. Manconnor Hagan said in a statement.
“We received the troublesome information we received, conducted a quick investigation and handed over the results to a trusted local law enforcement partner, which ultimately saved the lives of innocent students,” Hagan said. said. “This type of situation is exactly why the FBI exists.”
The 16-year-old Memorial High School student is being held on charges of taking a terrorist threat, Beimbridge said.
Another student, a 15-year-old student, is in custody in Montgomery County on unrelated charges, according to a statement from the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office.
In Harris County, investigations are underway in both Harris and Montgomery counties, but firearms, bombs and bomb production materials were not immediately recovered in Harris County.
Last week, the FBI worked with police in Mooresville, Indiana to disrupt a mass shooting plan against the high school after learning of the threat posted online.
Hagan said: Our community is safe. ”
