The Buckland School was placed on lockdown Wednesday after the father of a student threatened to shoot kids he said were bullying his daughter, Alaska State Troopers say.
Around 9:15 a.m., Northwest Arctic Borough School District officials received a call from a “frustrated” 34-year-old Fred Armstrong, who said his 4-year-old daughter was being picked on, according to an AST dispatch.
“After being assured the school would investigate the situation, Armstrong stated he was ready to come to the school with a gun and shoot the kids who bullied his daughter,” the dispatch says.
The school went into lockdown and troopers, along with the help of the Buckland village police officer, responded and arrested Armstrong, who was on supervised probation for an alcohol smuggling conviction, AST said.
Armstrong was taken to the Kotzebue Regional Jail, where he was held for arraignment for second-degree terroristic threatening and a petition to revoke probation.