Afton Schools Locked Down Wednesday Morning

Afton schools and the NEO tech school were placed on lock down Wednesday morning out of fear for a threat made on social media. While the threat was not made directly towards the schools, the suspect was a former student of both. That young man was taken into custody. Police were on campus of both locations this morning.

Ottawa County Sheriff Jeremy Floyd released this statement:

The Afton School District and the NEO V0-Tech was placed on a temporary lockdown today for a potential threat posted on social media. Law enforcement responded and saturated the schools while we investigated the threat. Investigators made contact with the male suspect and he is being detained for an investigation. The schools were not directly mentioned in the threat but since the suspect was a previous student at both campuses the lockdown procedure was enacted to protect the students and staff present. The lockdown procedure has been lifted and no act of violence was carried out in any form of action. Both campuses did a great job on handling this issue!