school threat

A teenager is behind bars after another incident of a student threatening to shoot up a local high school.

The suspect allegedly made a threat against a student at LaGrange High School resulting in a lockdown for a short while.

The suspect who is over the age of 10 was taken into custody late Wednesday night.

The airsoft gun was discovered in the backpack of a fourth-grade student at North Lewis Elementary.

The suspect is a 14-year-old with ties to the Iota schools.

Both threats were proven to be false, however, the charges levied against the students are very real.

The 14-year-old has been suspended from school pending the outcome of the investigation into this incident.

The Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Department investigated the threats.

School and district staff alerted Lafayette police who investigated the allegation and found no weapon on campus.