Shooting threat at a Norwich Free Academy football match. Here’s what we know

A Snapchat post from the NFA soccer game and a shooting threat led to the evacuation of the game and the arrest of a teenager.

A student was arrested for threatening a shooting at Norwich Free Academy’s varsity football game Friday night.

On Friday at approximately 8:50 p.m., the Norwich Police Dispatch Center received a call from the FBI National Threat Operations Section Exigent Threat Research and Analysis Crisis Team regarding an active threat at Norwich Free Academy. The agent stated that he discovered a Snapchat post with a picture of the stands at the football game that contained an active threat of a shooting.

Several officers were assigned to a security detail during the football game and immediately informed of the threat. A large-scale response from other Norwich patrol officers ensued and a coordinated effort began to evacuate students and spectators from the sporting event.

With the information provided by the FBI and the assistance of Norwich Police Department school staff, the suspect responsible for the threat was quickly identified, located and arrested. The identity of the suspect is not being released, but he is a juvenile who attends another public school in Norwich.

The child was arrested and Susan Lessard, acting superintendent of Norwich Public Schools, was notified and decided to keep the student out of class pending a review by the Board of Education.

Anyone with information about criminal activity in Norwich is asked to contact Norwich police at 860-886-5561. Tips can be left anonymously.

This article originally appeared in Bulletin: Shooting threat at Norwich Free Academy football game