Armed adults are common in Utah schools....SO-----
Posted: Wed, 07 Mar 2018 09:51:43
Alert students, police, K9 credited with stopping potential deadly Utah school bombing
ST. GEORGE, Utah — (KUTV) - St. George Utah Police are crediting "extremely perceptive" students and fast-acting law enforcement for stopping what could have been a deadly attack at Pine View High School.
"After examining the device, bomb squad members indicated that if it had detonated the device had the potential to cause significant injury or death," Ofc. Lona Trombly of the St. George Police Department said in a press release.
Students at the St. George school noticed a bag near a vending machine that was "smoking and sizzling."
ST. GEORGE, Utah — (KUTV) - St. George Utah Police are crediting "extremely perceptive" students and fast-acting law enforcement for stopping what could have been a deadly attack at Pine View High School.
"After examining the device, bomb squad members indicated that if it had detonated the device had the potential to cause significant injury or death," Ofc. Lona Trombly of the St. George Police Department said in a press release.
Students at the St. George school noticed a bag near a vending machine that was "smoking and sizzling."
“I could smell a smoke smell and my friends actually saw it before I did,” Jack Whalen, the teen who found the bag said and continued to explain that he looked inside the smoking bag.
They immediately notified faculty who contacted the school's resource officer who called in the threat to law enforcement.
