An Atlanta, Texas, High School teen was arrested today in an investigation regarding a note threatening to shoot other students, said Lt. Alan Williams with Atlanta Police Department.
Corbin Cook, 17, was arrested without incident for disruptive activities, a Class B misdemeanor within the educational code. Cook was taken to adult lockup in the Cass County jail, authorities said.
"It all started yesterday and we got a pretty good bit of it closed out this afternoon," Williams said. "We have made one arrest and will possibly make more."
Williams said the racist, threatening note was written on a large piece of paper, somewhat like an "oversized Post-it note" with adhesive on the top. The note was found in the restroom.
Though the note was "threatening to shoot tomorrow," police had no idea how long the note had been in the restroom. Williams said police converged on the school immediately to investigate.
Williams said that though the note threatened harm to black students, it was believed to have been written by a black student. "They were just trying to do it as a prank to get out of class," he said.
"Just the threat of harm was bad enough, but to throw race into it was just as bad," he added.
Williams said police will be interviewing several more students tomorrow to investigate and that more arrests may be made.
"The plan was that one of the students wrote the note and (another student) was going to take it to the principal's office," Williams said. "They were thinking that the school would shut down. The goal was to get evacuated. Whoever was supposed to bring it to the principal's office dropped it. We are still trying to figure out the truth on that bit.
"It's a scary world we live in, and we want (students) to know we aren't just there to arrest them. We are there to help them, too."