Police on Vancouver Island say a youth who lives in Sooke, B.C., has been charged after allegedly making threats about a school shooting in online chats with a 15-year-old in the United States.
RCMP say the investigation was spurred after police in Louisville, Ky., made contact earlier this month about a 15-year-old there who had been communicating with “someone from Canada” over the gaming platform Discord.
Mounties say the B.C. youth is a student at Edward Milne Community School, and the arrest was made on Saturday.
Police say they searched the youth’s home and seized electronic devices.
They say the homeland security unit of the Louisville Metro Police Department started investigating the alleged threats in July 2025.
RCMP say the Canadian youth is in custody before a bail hearing, and the case is subject to court-ordered publication bans.