North Platte police have issued a statement and released more details regarding an incident that forced that cancelation of the Madison Middle School dance last Friday.
According to police, on December 6, at 8:24 PM, officers responded to Madison Middle School in regards to 3rd person report that a student was present with a gun.
The officers responded and found students leaving the school and were advised that a dance that was being held had been cancelled by staff members.
Upon further investigation, they found that a 12-year-old male student had gotten into a verbal altercation with other students and had made a verbal threat directed towards those students. The incident had been reported to staff immediately, and the student was removed from the dance and as a precaution, his person, belongings, and locker were thoroughly searched. No weapon or contraband was located.
The student did leave the dance at that time.
Police say the dance was cancelled due to the rumors. Multiple students were interviewed and all reports followed up on.
None of the students reported a gun or any other weapon and it was determined that the threat was verbal only. After the gym was emptied, it was thoroughly searched by officers as a precaution, and no contraband was located.
Officers made contact with the student in the 1900 block of West 14th St and he was cited for terroristic threats, a class IV felony.