A student at Mountain View High School was arrested Thursday on four charges including attempted assault and felony menacing after an incident in which another student was threatened with a weapon.
According to the Loveland Police Department, the incident occurred in a classroom at about 1:38 p.m. A police report said a 17-year-old male student used a vulgar word in class, which was reported to the teacher by a 16-year-old male student.
The reports says the 17-year-old wished to fight the other student after school, but the 16-year-old indicated he didn’t want to. While the teacher turned her back to notify the school administration about the incident, the 17-year-old took out a weapon and threatened the student.
The teacher talked to the older student and got him to lower the weapon. The report said the teacher was “instrumental in de-escalating the situation.”
According to officials, the teacher walked both students out of class and convinced the 17-year-old to turn over the weapon. After an investigation by the school’s administration and the School Resource Officer, the older student was charged with first-degree attempted assault, felony menacing, unlawfully carrying a weapon on school grounds and unlawfully carrying a concealed weapon. The first three charges are felonies.
Police did not indicate what type of weapon was used in the incident, or release the identity of either student, saying the suspect’s name may be released after charges are filed with the Larimer County District Attorney’s office.
