First, he called in a bomb threat to Newton High School, according to police. Then he allegedly called back and told the principal that if he didn’t get the information he wanted about a female student that he would shoot up the school.
Kishon Lee, 17, was arrested later Tuesday and charged with terroristic threats and acts, stalking and disrupting a public school, the Newton County Sheriff’s Office said.
“We do not look at threats as pranks or adolescent activity,” Sheriff Ezell Brown said in an emailed statement. “We always take any threats against our schools very serious, which will result in serious consequences.”
The school was placed on lockdown during the investigation.
The female student told investigators she believed Lee was the same person who has been stalking her for several years, according to police. The girl’s mother provided police with Lee’s mother’s phone number.
Investigators attempted to locate Lee at Fulton County’s Creekside High School, where he is a student. But Creekside school leaders told police Lee had been absent several days. He was later arrested and was being booked into the Newton jail late Monday afternoon.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Newton County Sheriff’s Office at 678-625-5007. Tipsters can remain anonymous.
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