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Man Arrested For Allegedly Threatening To Shoot Children Outside Springfield Township School

SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP, Pa. (CBS) - Authorities have arrested a man accused of threatening to shoot school children outside a Montgomery County school. Parents on Facebook say Springfield Township police were called to St. Paul's Nursery and School on Church Street, early Tuesday morning.

This morning STPD responded to St. Paul's Church for a man threatening to shoot school children. After making contact,...

Posted by Springfield Township Police Department on Tuesday, February 25, 2020

Officers arrested the man for making terroristic threats.

A parent on Facebook says the incident happened before children arrived at the school.

Police say the man did not enter the school and there is currently no threat to the school or children.

No weapons were found on the suspect.

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