ROY, Utah, March 8, 2018 (Gephardt Daily) — The Roy Police Department has multiple officers at the city’s high school on Thursday due to a threat scrawled inside the school.
According to reports, a spray-painted message threatening gun violence was found in one of the school’s restrooms. Another recent threat was made against students as well.
The Roy High School administration sent out an alert to parents, saying the threat did not seem credible, but the Roy Police Department had agreed to have an increased presence Thursday at the school, located at 2150 W. 4800 South.
The note reads, in full:
Dear Parents and Guardians,
We want to make you aware of an incident. We had some graffiti in the bathroom that made a threat. Although we do not believe the threat is credible, we take threats seriously and are continuing to investigate the incident. As a precaution, we have asked local authorities to have a heightened police presence tomorrow at Roy High School. We appreciate Roy City Police Department and their willingness to always support us. Thank you for your willingness to always support us. Thank you for your support during this situation and all your support of Roy High.
Sincerely,
Roy High Administration
The threat was a hot topic on social media. Messages posted on Facebook included:
• “I tried to talk my sister into staying home today. She said she would be fine, she had two test and its midterms. Guess you can’t live in fear.”
• “Roy high school had graffiti in their bathroom yesterday saying there was going to be a shooting today March 8 and they have extra police at their school today.”
• “What do you do with this?? I don’t want my kids to live in fear, but how can you make them go to school when they are going to be scared of being killed! This is nuts!!”
• “Ok, from an extremely concerned grandma. On the news I hear that Roy high school has had very creditable threats of killing s for today. Several people plan on keeping their students home from school today. In checking with friends that pass the school every day coming to work say that every cop in Roy is at the high school.”
• “My husband stopped in the school for the concert and he said the police definitely have a presence there so that’s good.”
• “My son goes to Roy High. It’s scary and I panicked at first when I got the email. But then I felt calm and knew everything would be ok. He says everything seems to be ok at the school today.”
