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Kenosha Police Refer Charges After FBI Tip Foils Alleged Dec. 16 School Attack Plot

Police credit standardized school threat assessments for interrupting planning tied to the Dec. 16 anniversary.

Overview

  • The 15-year-old Kenosha resident has been held since Nov. 26 after the FBI flagged a TikTok post saying, "December 16th, its going down."
  • Investigators say a phone search showed he checked whether KTEC would be open on Dec. 16, the date of the Madison school shooting anniversary.
  • While at the police department, the juvenile allegedly lunged at an officer and tried to disarm him.
  • Police said they are forwarding recommended counts of making terroristic threats, attempting to disarm a peace officer, and resisting arrest to the county district attorney.
  • Officials identified him as the same youth detained in 2024 after entering Roosevelt Elementary with a duffel bag, when airsoft guns were later found at his home.