Shooter threat to Kent’s Walls Elementary shuts down multiple district schools

Walls Elementary in 2010. Photo by Jon Ridinger

Shooter threat to Kent’s Walls Elementary shuts down multiple district schools

- Wendy DiAlesandro

A man threatened to bring an AK-47 to Walls Elementary School in Kent on Friday afternoon, prompting “precautionary safety measures” led by the Kent Police Department with support from the Kent State police.

Kent police said the threat came in around 2 p.m. The man has not been identified, and the threat did not ultimately materialize.

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