A student at Mountain View High School in Loveland 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 Loveland police, the incident occurred in a classroom at about 1:38 p.m. 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, the 17-year-old took out a weapon and threatened the student.
Police would not say what type of weapon was used, but a school spokesman said it was a small pocketknife.
The teacher talked to the older student and got him to lower the weapon. The report called the teacher “instrumental in de-escalating the situation.” Officials said the teacher walked the students out of class and convinced the 17-year-old to turn over the weapon.
After an investigation, 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.
