Friday, July 18, 2025
HomeCommunityAirDrop Active Shooter Threat at Wm. Kelley High School in Silver Bay

AirDrop Active Shooter Threat at Wm. Kelley High School in Silver Bay

A multi-school event at William Kelly High School in Silver Bay was promptly ended by an active shooter warning Thursday morning, March 23.

Students traveling from Grand Marais and Two Harbors schools had just entered William Kelley’s school auditorium for a “students only” presentation of “The Diary of Anne Frank.” A student from Two Harbors used the AirDrop func­tion of their Apple iPhone to send a colorful graphic that included the words “Active Shooter in the Building.” Another student opened the AirDrop message on their phone and reported it to school officials.

There was not a shooter, active or otherwise, at the scene.

There was a law enforcement presence at the school for the event. “We always have law enforcement present whenever we have big events at one of our schools,” said Jay Belcastro, Superintendent of School District 381. The students from Grand Marais and Two Har­bors were immediately evacuated to their buses and WKHS students were returned to class. The play was canceled.

In order to send an AirDrop mes­sage, the sender needs to sign in with their Apple ID on their device making identification of the sender fairly easy. The juvenile was de­tained on site and brought to the Duluth Juvenile Detention Center. The Lake County attorney’s office is considering what charges may be brought.

Previous article
Next article
Steve Fernlund
Steve Fernlund
Columnist Steve Fernlund is a retired business owner living in Duluth. He published the Cook County News Herald in Grand Marais at the end of the last century. You may email comments or North Shore news story ideas to him at steve.fernlund@gmail.com. And see more at www.stevefernlund.com.
RELATED ARTICLES
- Advertisment - HTML5/CSS3 Responsive Image Slider

Most Popular

HTML5/CSS3 Responsive Image Slider