2 students arrested after Northern California high school campus receives shooting threat

Two students were arrested Monday in connection to threatening to firing a weapon at Nevada Union High School in Grass Valley, authorities said.

High school staff told a Nevada County sheriff’s deputy about a threat circulating on social media, warning a shooting would break out on that same day at 11:55 a.m., the Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.

The deputy, who learned of the threat at 10:52 a.m., detained a 17-year-old student within four minutes of learning about the social media message, the Sheriff’s Office said.

Deputies also arrested an 18-year-old man, a student at Nevada Union High School, in connection to issuing the threats.

No students or school staff suffered any injuries and there were no weapons found on campus. A search of the teenagers’ respective homes and vehicles also did not turn up any weapons or contraband, the Sheriff’s Office said.

“This incident remains under investigation and parents and students should expect to see a police presence at the school on campus,” the Sheriff’s Office said in a news release. “At this time, there are no known additional threats to student and staff safety.”

Anyone with more information about this incident was asked to call the Sheriff’s Office 530-265-1471.