FARMINGTON TWP., Pa. (EYT) – Marienville-based State Police say a teen threatened to “shoot up” North Clarion High School last night.
According to police, around 9:47 p.m. on February 1, an individual reported that 18-year-old Donald Louis Haywood, Jr., of Tylersburg, “was heard telling another student from the North Clarion Schools not to go to school tomorrow because he was going to ‘shoot the place up.'”
Troopers Lauer and Benson responded to the suspect’s residence in Tylersburg. Haywood was then interviewed and taken into custody.
According to police, “No further plans were discovered to further his statement.”
The investigation continues.
Haywood was charged with Terroristic Threats and Disorderly Conduct and arraigned before District Magistrate Justice Quinn in Clarion.
Unable to post $10,000.00 monetary bail, he was lodged in the Clarion County Jail.
Parents were notified last night via an automated phone message.
The following message was also posted on North Clarion County School District’s website: