FOREST PARK, Ohio — A juvenile will not face any criminal charges after making a false active shooter report towards Winton Woods City Schools, Forest Park police said.
"Due to the very young age of the juvenile involved, The Hamilton County Prosecutor's Office will not be seeking criminal charges and any discipline will be handled internally by The Winton Woods City Schools," police said.
On Nov. 28, hundreds of students were placed on lockdown in the school district after someone called 911 and made a false report of an active shooter.
Police said a female called 911 around 1:45 p.m. and said there was a shooter hiding in the bathroom of the high school.
Both the district's Greenhills and Forest Park campuses immediately went into lockdown. Police from nine different departments responded to both campuses, and investigators said they "methodically cleared the schools" and lifted the lockdown once it was determined there was no active shooter.
Police are encouraging parents to have conversations with their children regarding the seriousness of making false active shooter claims.
"Beyond the enormous amount of resources and coordination involved in responding to an active shooter call, the lasting effects on those individuals inside the school during such an event is immeasurable," police said.
In the past three months, there have been more than a dozen threats made at various schools across the Tri-State, including an incident at Turpin High School where a student was charged after allegedly threatening to shoot students and blow up a bus.
Earlier this month, Cincinnati Public Schools faced five separate school threats in just one week.
Princeton High School was among several Ohio schools targeted by a national active shooter hoax in September. Police received a 911 call claiming there was an active shooter inside the school with 10 people injured. When police responded, they deemed the call a hoax.
Since the start of the 2022 school year, there have been more than a dozen threats made against districts, schools, teachers or students across the Tri-State.
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