The 16-year-old issued a threatening message on Snapchat, Limani said, along with a photograph of himself wearing the gas mask on the school bus that was circulated among students. “He claimed he was walking to Walmart to buy something, but we do not believe that,” Limani said. Troopers said he was already on juvenile probation for an unrelated incident and is expected to be placed on home confinement as a result of Thursday’s incident. He was taken into custody by school police, who turned him over to state troopers for questioning. The 14-year-old lives in the area and is a former Hempfield student, according to school officials. That was before 8 a.m., and then the teenager, with the hot dog costume, occurred just seven minutes later,” state police spokesman Steve Limani said. “We were already at the high school investigating another incident with a 16-year-old, wearing a gas mask on the school bus and as he entered the school, who made a threat on social media. ![]() The high school, Harrold Middle and Fort Allen Elementary schools returned to normal operations by mid-morning after troopers and school officials determined there were no legitimate risks to students or staff. Police said a 14-year-old wearing a hot dog costume with his face painted as the Joker, a DC Comics character, alarmed students and staff as he walked toward the high school. State police suspect the last day of school in Hempfield Area School District may have been the impetus for two bizarre, unrelated incidents that prompted a lockdown of three schools Thursday.
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