Elmhurst teen made threats to York High School on Snapchat: prosecutors

Prosecutors said the 15-year-old held a rifle, later determined to be an airsoft gun, while making threatening remarks against the school.

A 15-year-old high school student from Elmhurst was charged with making threats over social media directed toward York High School in the west suburbs.

The boy appeared for a detention hearing Wednesday morning on the charge of felony disorderly conduct, according to the DuPage County state’s attorneys’s office. He remains unnamed because he’s charged as a juvenile.

Prosecutors said the teen held a rifle, later determined to be an airsoft gun, while making threatening remarks against the school, 355 W. St. Charles Rd., in Elmhurst. He posted the video to social media platform Snapchat on Monday, prosecutors said.

DuPage County authorities learned of the post the next day and began investigating, prosecutors said. He was arrested at the school the next day.

“Any threat, or even the perception of a threat of violence directed at a school will immediately be investigated and if found credible, charged accordingly,” State’s Attorney Robert Berlin said in a statement.