PERRYVILLE, Mo. (AP) — An 18-year-old Perryville student has been charged with threatening to “shoot up” Perryville High School.

Perry County Prosecuting Attorney Caitlin Pistorio says in a news release that Rylan Carlson was arrested this week on a felony charge of making a terroristic threat in the second degree.

Prosecutors say Carlson is one of three male Perryville High School students accused of discussing a mass shooting. The other two students are not facing adult charges because they are juveniles.

The Southeast Missourian reports a probable-cause statement said high school assistant principal Shadrick Shafer called police March 13 after a student heard the three plotting an attack.
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PERRYVILLE, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri high school student has been charged in a school shooting plot.

18-year-old Rylan Carlson, of Perryville, is free on $5,000 bond after being charged Wednesday with making a terroristic threat. He’s one of three Perryville High School students accused of discussing the idea of a mass shooting. Because the other two students are juveniles, no information could be released about whether they also face charges.

Charging documents in Carlson’s case say another student overheard the three plotting an attack last month. The student recalled one of the three saying, “Hey, let’s shoot up the school” and another remark, “I already have a shotgun and pistol. All we need is an AR-15.”

Weapons and ammunition were found during a search of one juvenile’s home. No attorney is listed for Carlson in online court records.