Overview
- School officials say a loaded gun was discovered in a student's backpack and confiscated by an assistant principal on Wednesday, and the campus was secured with no injuries reported.
- A different student was arrested on Thursday after allegedly saying he would shoot classmates and was charged with making terroristic threats and taken to the county juvenile detention center.
- Willis ISD reported the student with the gun said he did not know the weapon was in the backpack and the district is handling the matter under the Student Handbook and state law while charging decisions remain unclear.
- The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office warned that any threat, even one framed as a joke, will be treated seriously and may result in criminal charges, and school resource officers responded to both incidents.
- Officials did not say whether the two incidents are connected, parents were urged to check students' bags, and the events have tightened campus security and heightened legal and disciplinary risks for students.