June 15, 2022
Kansas – At least 10 school districts in the Kansas City area announced they were canceling all summer school activities Wednesday after the Blue Springs Police Department was alerted to the threat of an “unspecific mass shooting.”
“The Blue Springs Police Department alerted the FBI of a possible threat related to an unspecific mass shooting,” the district said on Facebook.
“The FBI has confirmed that the individual in question whose whereabouts are unknown is dangerous.”
The police department said in a release that officers took a report on Tuesday morning from a caller who reported a Snapchat post in which someone made a comment threatening “killing people — mass murdering.”
The FBI told KCUR that the Blue Springs police would be leading the investigation of the threat, but it takes all threats of violence seriously and will “work with our local partners to provide resources as needed.”
Several other school districts announced on Wednesday that they would be closing out of an abundance of caution. They include:
- Lee’s Summit
- Independence
- Fort Osage
- Grain Valley
- Oak Grove
- Odessa
- Lone Jack
- St. Michael the Archangel Catholic High School in Lee’s Summit
- Timothy Lutheran Ministries in Blue Springs
