BC Youth Charged Over Alleged School Shooting Threats in Chats With US Teen

BC Youth Charged Over Alleged School Shooting Threats in Chats With US Teen
RCMP logo shown in Edmonton, on Feb. 5, 2025. The Canadian Press/Jason Franson
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Police on Vancouver Island say a youth who lives in Sooke, B.C., has been charged after allegedly making threats about a school shooting in online chats with a 15-year-old in the United States.

Sooke RCMP said in statement Monday that the investigation was spurred after police in Louisville, Ky., made contact earlier this month about a 15-year-old there who had been communicating with “someone from Canada” over the gaming platform Discord.