WALPOLE, MASS. (WHDH) - Walpole police have arrested a student accused of making threatening statements at a Walpole high school.
Walpole police received a report that 16-year-old student at Norfolk County Agricultural High School made statements relative to having a “list” of students he planned on shooting on Friday, according to Walpole police.
Detectives discovered social media posts where the student posed with a type of firearm and where he was wearing a partial mask over his face.
Walpole police arrested the student for terroristic threats and conducted a search of a home in Bellingham where detectives seized several airsoft weapons that were depicted in the photos.
The Walpole Police Department is assigning extra patrols to the school over the next few school days.
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