This school year has begun with arrests and threats against schools all over Texas.On Wednesday, the Houston area had four threats and arrests for everything from bomb threats to finding a gun and a knife on campus to a stabbing. Across Texas, police have arrested at least 10 people over school threats, including a student in Wylie who threatened to shoot up the school, and another at a middle school in Arlington. Dr. Alex del Carmen, a criminology professor at Tarleton State Univesity, joined Ask the Expert on Thursday. Photo credit: Getty Images

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Why are there so many threats against schools this year?

SEP 20, 20249 MIN
Ask the Expert North Texas

Why are there so many threats against schools this year?

SEP 20, 20249 MIN

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<p>This school year has begun with arrests and threats against schools all over Texas.<br>On Wednesday, the Houston area had four threats and arrests for everything from bomb threats to finding a gun and a knife on campus to a stabbing. Across Texas, police have arrested at least 10 people over school threats, including a student in Wylie who threatened to shoot up the school, and another at a middle school in Arlington. Dr. Alex del Carmen, a criminology professor at Tarleton State Univesity, joined Ask the Expert on Thursday.</p> <p><em>Photo credit: Getty Images</em></p>