Press release
Apr 20th, 2023- At approximately 1:07 PM the Genesee County 911 Dispatch Center received a report from the Veteran’s Administration Hotline that a male subject had called them and stated they were going to get a weapon and “shoot up a school”.
This information was immediately relayed to patrols in the City and throughout the County working. An initial trace of the phone number provided showed the phone to be in the City of Batavia area.
Patrols were dispatched to each school in Genesee County as a precautionary measure and all county-wide schools placed into lockout.
Officers and investigators from multiple law enforcement agencies followed up on leads and determined the threat to not be credible and in fact was false.
Currently a juvenile is being interviewed by the City of Batavia Detective Bureau regarding the matter, no further information regarding the juvenile will be released at this time.
All schools were released from lockout at approximately 2:25 PM. We wish to thank the public, the school districts and the other members of law enforcement for their assistance during this investigation.
Sourced via CRIMEWATCH®: https://crimewatch.net/us/ny/genesee/batavia-pd/138661/post/school-threat-investigaton