14-year-old Nebraska boy warned about making terroristic threats with a toy gun

Grand Island Police say he pointed the fake firearm at a 16-year-old girl with special needs during school

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (KLKN) — A 14-year-old Grand Island boy has been warned about making terroristic threats after police say he pointed a toy gun at another student.

We’re told this happened Friday at Grand Island Senior High School, around 11:29 a.m.

The 16-year-old girl is also a special needs student who police say was frightened but did not want to pursue charges in this case.

According to Nebraska law, a person commits terroristic threats if he or she threatens to commit any crime of violence with the intent to terrorize another.

The offense also includes any person intending to cause the evacuation of a building, place of assembly, or facility of public transportation.