JUSTIN, Texas — A Northwest High School student was arrested Wednesday after making terroristic threats against the campus, police said.

According to a letter that Northwest ISD sent to parents of students, around 3 p.m., school officials received a report of a possible weapon on the campus. The school district said the initial report came from a text message sent to 911.

The school and school district entered a lockdown and began working with the Fort Worth Police Department to investigate the report.

The letter states that police detained a student who owns the phone that sent the messages to 911; however, the campus remained on lockdown until each room was cleared. The school district said that as the situation developed, it remained in contact with parents on the ParentSquare commun

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