PASO ROBLES, CA – On Tuesday, May 30 at 12:29 pm Officers from the
Paso Robles Police Department responded to the Paso Robles High School (801 Niblick
Rd.) regarding a threat of a school shooting. During a routine bathroom check, the Paso
Robles High School safety staff discovered a message written in marker on the inside of a
stall in the boy’s bathroom. The message was considered hate speech and the message
read there will be a school shooting on Wednesday, May 31. The Paso Robles Police Department
takes all threats of this nature very seriously and an investigation was immediately
initiated.
Paso Robles Police School Resource Officers, with the help of school safety staff,
quickly identified a suspect. The suspect is a student at Paso Robles High School and was
identified as 18-year-old Levi Harrington of Paso Robles who was immediately taken
into custody without incident. He was later booked into the San Luis Obispo County Jail
on the charges of 422 PC – Criminal Threats and 422.7 PC – Hate Crime (both felonies).
Through the investigation and subsequent search of the suspect’s residence, Officers
determined there is no imminent or ongoing threat to the school, students, or faculty.
This is an ongoing investigation, and the Paso Robles Police Department is requesting
anyone with any information to call the PRPD at (805) 237-6464 or persons wishing to
remain anonymous are encouraged to call Crime Stoppers’ 24- hour hotline at 805-549-
STOP or by texting “SLOTIPS” plus your message to CRIMES (274637).
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