(La Porte, IN) - Disciplinary action has been taken against two students in the La Porte School Corporation for making firearm-related threats.

Interim Schools Superintendent Dr. Peggy Hinckley said one threat was written on a bathroom wall at the high school, while the other was verbally communicated to another student at the middle school. However, she noted that the investigation produced no evidence the students had access to any guns. Although the threats made last week were determined not to be serious, she said children should not make threats to harm others even if they’re just joking, due to the alarm generated by such remarks nowadays.

“Words matter. When you threaten things or say you’re going to shoot up or hurt someone, if we know about that we’re going to investigate it, and if we determine that you did say those things, there’s going to be consequences,” she said.

Hinckley said she could not disclose what type of disciplinary action was taken against the students.