YONKERS, N.Y. (WCBS 880) -- A Yonkers teen was arrested Wednesday on charges of making a terroristic threat toward his school, police said.
Police said the 17-year-old boy, a Yonkers Public Schools student, made “overt threats” to shoot up a school.
Students then came forward and reported the alleged comments to school administration, police said.
Yonkers police said it was notified and an investigation was put into motion, and found probable cause to charge the student with a felony.
No actual acts came of the threats and an investigation into them is ongoing, police said.
The teen will be processed as an adolescent offender, and his name wasn’t released due to his age.
“The City of Yonkers, Yonkers Police and Yonkers Public Schools places the highest priority on student safety and commends the actions of those students who came forward,” police said in a statement.
The arrest comes just over a week after four students were fatally shot at a Michigan school.