On 06/07/22, at 9:50 AM, deputies were dispatched to the Lansing High School located at 300 Ridge Road, Lansing, NY for an alleged threat against the school. This was the second such threat at the school this month.
The investigation revealed that several students both heard and saw two other students discussing and creating a “kill list” to include various people, one of which was another student. This caused alarm to students and staff who took prompt action including notification to the Tompkins County Sheriff’s Office.
The students responsible for the list, ages 15 and 16, were both charged with Making a Terroristic Threat, a Class D Felony, per section 490.20-1 of the NYS Penal Law. The 15-year-old will be processed as a juvenile and the 16-year-old as an adult. The names of the students are not being released due to their ages.
The Sheriff’s Office has taken action to ensure their inaccessibility to firearms and does not believe that the school is at continued risk from this incident. Deputies will continue to provide a security presence at the school throughout the remainder of the school year.
Sheriff Osborne stated, "I thank the Lansing School District for meeting these challenges head-on and for working with the Sheriff's Office to bring such incidents to a successful conclusion." "It's obvious that the safety of their students is paramount to the Lansing School District."
Parents are once again reminded to speak with their children about the seriousness of making such threats verbally, in writing, or via social media and the fact that law enforcement must, and will, take them seriously. Anyone learning of such threats should not make assumptions regarding their validity but rather should report them immediately.
