UPDATE: October 1 at 5:13 p.m.

The Moses Lake Police Department (MLPD) released an update on Wednesday evening announcing that the student's report of being threatened with a gun has been determined to be false.

As the investigation continued, officers discovered that the information given to them was dishonest. According to MLPD, officials do not believe a criminal incident occurred.

Charges against the students involved are now being considered by the juvenile prosecutor for false reporting.

UPDATE: October 1 at 11:55 a.m.

The Moses Lake Police Department (MLPD) released more information about the gun threat against local middle school students that occurred yesterday afternoon.

MLPD said they received reports of a man in a car threatening cross country runners with a gun at a

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