Demonstrating
the adaptability of graffiti, in the last few years threats of school shootings
have increasingly been appearing on school bathroom walls. In 2016 it happened
at Palo Duro High School, Amarillo, Texas. Last year it happened at Inman
Middle School, Paris, Tennessee; Hickory
High School, Hickory, North Carolina; and Tarpon Springs Middle School, Tarpon
Springs, Florida. (There are likely other examples I’m unaware of.) The threats
sometimes include a specific date for the shooting, a sure indication of a
hoax. What killer would decrease the potential number of victims by scaring
away students on that day?
KTVU-TV
[Oakland, CA]
9 May 2019
FBI joins in police investigation into threats at Cal
High in San Ramon
SAN RAMON,
Calif. (KTVU) - The FBI said it is helping San Ramon police after three graffiti messages in one week -- one on
a football field and two in the bathroom --
threatened an attack at the school on Thursday. […] The Bay Area threats
comes a day after two teens killed a student at a Denver charter school and
wounded eight others. […]
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WKRN-TV
[Nashville, TN]
9 May 2019
Police: Man dressed as clown tries to lure Clarksville
children into car
CLARKSVILLE,
Tenn. (WKRN) — Authorities in Clarksville issued an alert Thursday morning
following a report of a man dressed as a clown trying to lure children into a
vehicle. The incident happened around 7:30 a.m. in the area of Hayden
Drive/Golf Club Lane/Paradise Hill Road. Clarksville police said two fifth
graders reported a man dressed as a clown with a white face and red nose was
driving a silver or gray sedan and motioned for them to come to his vehicle, as
he tried to entice them with candy. […]
Clarksville
Police Department
9 May 2019
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/10/us/clown-candy-police.html
New York
Times
10 May
2019
Clown Giving Kids Candy From Car Meant Well, Police
Tell a Relieved Town
[…] Jim
Knoll, a spokesman for the Clarksville Police Department, said that in today’s
world, “even the best intentions can be misconstrued.” “He was just doing what
he has done for years but overextended his kindness by today’s standards,” Mr.
Knoll said. […]
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WKMG-TV [Orlando,
FL]
3 May 2019
Former Eatonville school becomes popular spot for ghost
hunters, vandalism
EATONVILLE,
Fla. - A once thriving local landmark to one community is now overrun with
vandals, ghost hunters and thieves. Eatonville police said that during the past
several months, they have seen a spike in the number of people trespassing on
the site of the old Robert Hungerford Preparatory High School on East Kennedy
Boulevard. As a result, windows have
been broken, graffiti litters the walls and the school's main power wires have
been cut, prompting the building to be shut down completely. […]
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