McKenzie, Tenn.–Threats toward McKenzie and Carroll County Schools on social media have landed a McKenzie man in jail on $50,000 bond.
Keon J. Williams, age 30, was charged with threat of mass violence on school propety.
Williams allegedly posted on social media, “Im like Ye. I’m back to shoot up the school McKenzie/Carroll County”. The reference to ‘Ye’ was about rapper Kanye West.
McKenzie Police Chief Ryan White told the McKenzie Banner that his depatment worked with the school’s SROs to implement a security plan after the threat was made.
He said police arrested Williams after they checked several locations. He told officers he meant it as a reference to a joke made by Kanye West and he had no intention of shooting up any schools.