LHS student arrested for alleged firearm threats

A Lampasas High School student was arrested Tuesday morning after police said he made a firearm-related threat. 
After a Lampasas Police Department investigation, Noah William Randall, 17, was arrested at LHS on a charge of threat/exhibiting/use of a firearm at a school – a Class A misdemeanor. 
Police Lt. Chuck Montgomery confirmed that although a verbal threat was made, “there was never a firearm involved.”
Montgomery added that School Resource Officer Jack Curtis determined the student had made “generalized threats, not specific to a particular person.”  
High school staff reported the threats to Curtis at 9:22 a.m., and Randall was in police custody by 9:52 a.m. with no further incident. 
“Yesterday, the [Lampasas] High School resource officer was alerted by staff that students had reported that another student, a 17-year-old male, made threats involving a firearm,” Montgomery said. “Our officer assigned at the high school immediately started an investigation, and that investigation determined probable cause that threats were verbalized.” 
Police officials said during their investigation, it was determined that Randall did not have access to a firearm. 
“Regardless, the threat of bringing a firearm to a school or using a firearm at a school is an offense, and that student was arrested for that offense,” Montgomery said. “People, especially our young adults and students, need to realize that -- joking or not -- mentioning, bringing or using a firearm at a school is a serious offense, and we will file charges.”
Montgomery said police do not know Randall’s purported motive for making the alleged threats.
“We get these periodically, and a majority of them are kids joking and/or not realizing the seriousness of what they are saying,” Montgomery said. “We take any threat against anyone, especially our schools, seriously. We investigate them, and we file all appropriate charges.”
No additional charges are expected, he said. 
A Class A misdemeanor is punishable in Texas by one year imprisonment and/or a fine of up to $4,000.