THUNDER BAY, Ont. — Police in Thunder Bay, Ont., say one of their officers helped American authorities prevent a potentially violent incident in a North Carolina high school earlier this month.
They say a member of the force's criminal investigations branch received a tip from a Thunder Bay resident regarding disturbing communications in a web-based chat room.
Police say the information indicated that someone was threatening to commit a violent act at a high school in Union County, N.C.
The investigator contacted U.S. Homeland Security and police say a boy was arrested on May 9.
Local media report officers found several knives, a bottle of flammable liquid, fireworks, a dismantled shotgun shell and a "hit list" inside the student's book bag.
The Canadian Press
