COLERAIN TOWNSHIP, Ohio — Police have arrested an 11-year-old in connection to a school shooter hoax at Pleasant Run Middle School, the child's mom said.
Dozens of officers responded to the middle school Wednesday morning after someone called 911 reporting an active shooter. First responders immediately cleared both the middle and elementary schools on campus and investigated the threat. An all-clear was given at around 10 a.m., but the schools were closed Thursday so staff could help emotionally support students upon their return.
The mom of the 11-year-old charged with inducing panic, a second-degree felony, said there's more to the story. She said she got a call from her daughter's school Friday asking her to come in to discuss a "sensitive subject."
"When I got there they had the police officers there and they told me a lot of students were blaming my daughter for the 911 call," this mom said.
She said she listened to the call and it's not her daughter's voice.
WCPO 9 News obtained the 911 call Thursday morning. Children can be heard laughing in the background as someone says, "Come to Pleasant Run Middle School. We're having a shooter shoot up our school."
You can listen to the call here:
According to police records, a number with a 911 area code called police at least four times starting at 8:27 a.m. before making the false report. There is no real 911 area code.
Colerain police traced the number back to a home on Houston Road about one mile south of the school. Chief Edwin C. Cordie III said school resource officers worked with Northwest Local Schools to verify the person who made the call.
"I've listened to it over and over. I've sent it to family, I've sent it to friends, they all say it's not her," the mom said.
She also said her daughter is being bullied at school and she thinks that's a contributing factor to this admission of guilt.
Northwest School District is taking disciplinary action.
WCPO also reached out to police, who said, "We did our due diligence."
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