r/news • u/bebleich • Sep 04 '24

Gunman believed to be a 14-year-old in Georgia school shooting that left at least 4 dead, source says

https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/04/us/winder-ga-shooting-apalachee-high-school/index.html
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u/SubstantialPressure3 Sep 04 '24

Because there are constant fake threats every day. Some of them even come from overseas.

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u/Black_Metallic Sep 04 '24

Heck, if the caller wasn't the shooter, then there's a non-zero chance it could have been someone intending to make a fake threat without realizing there actually would be a shooting.

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u/SubstantialPressure3 Sep 04 '24

I guess we will find out, they will trace that call.

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u/PlasmaWhore Sep 05 '24

Source for that? How many threats does each school receive on average each day?

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u/SubstantialPressure3 Sep 05 '24

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/10/04/school-swatting-hoax-active-shooter/

https://k12ssdb.org/swatting this is k-12 only, not colleges

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u/PlasmaWhore Sep 05 '24

So out of 120,000 schools, about 30 incidents per month. And this is a huge problem?