Two 14-year-olds have been accused of calling in a false report of an active shooter at Matthew Henson Middle School in Charles County, Maryland, on Tuesday morning.
The teens, who are students at Matthew Henson, used another student鈥檚 phone to call in the false report just before 10 a.m., the Charles County Sheriff鈥檚 Office said in a statement Wednesday.
The report caused a lockdown at Matthew Henson Middle School and a lock-in at J.C. Parks Elementary School nearby.
Investigators determined that the call, which came from inside the school, was false and that there wasn鈥檛 an active threat. Both schools were cleared to resume normal activities about a half-hour later.
“We take this extremely seriously,” Katie O鈥橫alley Simpson, director of communications for Charles County schools, told 海角精品黑料. “Filing a false report can result in a range of school action disciplines up to a school expulsion.”
The teens could face up to six months of incarceration and up to a $500 fine, the sheriff鈥檚 office said.
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