Word that an 'incident' would occur Wednesday at the school led to a juvenile being taken into custody, authorities said.
Jackson County authorities said they have taken someone into custody for a threat that was made against Section High School.
Jackson County Sheriff Chuck Phillips said in a Facebook post just before midnight that the "threat has been eliminated," after taking a juvenile into custody.
Phillips said there had been word that an "incident" was to occur Wednesday at the school.
The 16-year-old's name was not released.
The sheriff's office is expected to release more information today.
| County | Confirmed | Deaths |
|---|---|---|
| Jefferson | 4944 | 152 |
| Montgomery | 4021 | 103 |
| Mobile | 4005 | 134 |
| Tuscaloosa | 2226 | 42 |
| Marshall | 1702 | 10 |
| Lee | 1359 | 37 |
| Madison | 1359 | 7 |
| Shelby | 1227 | 23 |
| Morgan | 1071 | 5 |
| Walker | 914 | 24 |
| Elmore | 903 | 14 |
| Franklin | 889 | 14 |
| Dallas | 879 | 9 |
| Baldwin | 846 | 9 |
| Etowah | 727 | 13 |
| DeKalb | 707 | 5 |
| Butler | 624 | 28 |
| Chambers | 624 | 27 |
| Tallapoosa | 588 | 69 |
| Autauga | 583 | 12 |
| Russell | 545 | 0 |
| Unassigned | 503 | 23 |
| Lauderdale | 489 | 6 |
| Limestone | 481 | 0 |
| Houston | 479 | 4 |
| Lowndes | 467 | 21 |
| Cullman | 439 | 4 |
| Pike | 420 | 5 |
| Colbert | 391 | 6 |
| Coffee | 373 | 2 |
| Bullock | 368 | 10 |
| St. Clair | 366 | 2 |
| Covington | 354 | 7 |
| Barbour | 347 | 2 |
| Escambia | 337 | 6 |
| Calhoun | 332 | 5 |
| Hale | 310 | 21 |
| Talladega | 303 | 7 |
| Marengo | 302 | 11 |
| Wilcox | 290 | 8 |
| Sumter | 284 | 12 |
| Dale | 282 | 0 |
| Clarke | 273 | 6 |
| Jackson | 268 | 2 |
| Winston | 254 | 3 |
| Chilton | 239 | 2 |
| Monroe | 234 | 2 |
| Blount | 230 | 1 |
| Pickens | 227 | 6 |
| Marion | 219 | 13 |
| Conecuh | 204 | 7 |
| Randolph | 200 | 9 |
| Choctaw | 195 | 12 |
| Bibb | 187 | 1 |
| Macon | 185 | 9 |
| Greene | 183 | 8 |
| Perry | 170 | 1 |
| Henry | 132 | 3 |
| Crenshaw | 125 | 3 |
| Lawrence | 107 | 0 |
| Washington | 105 | 7 |
| Cherokee | 85 | 7 |
| Geneva | 79 | 0 |
| Lamar | 75 | 1 |
| Fayette | 68 | 1 |
| Clay | 64 | 2 |
| Coosa | 58 | 1 |
| Cleburne | 36 | 1 |
| Out of AL | 0 | 0 |
| County | Confirmed | Deaths |
|---|---|---|
| Shelby | 11560 | 198 |
| Davidson | 10726 | 118 |
| Rutherford | 2919 | 35 |
| Hamilton | 2716 | 35 |
| Sumner | 1593 | 52 |
| Trousdale | 1496 | 5 |
| Williamson | 1268 | 15 |
| Out of TN | 1164 | 7 |
| Knox | 1142 | 5 |
| Wilson | 910 | 17 |
| Putnam | 882 | 7 |
| Robertson | 826 | 11 |
| Sevier | 790 | 3 |
| Lake | 691 | 0 |
| Bradley | 674 | 3 |
| Tipton | 637 | 5 |
| Unassigned | 635 | 1 |
| Bledsoe | 619 | 1 |
| Bedford | 559 | 5 |
| Montgomery | 549 | 7 |
| Macon | 452 | 3 |
| Maury | 342 | 3 |
| Hardeman | 329 | 5 |
| Hamblen | 317 | 4 |
| Fayette | 312 | 2 |
| Madison | 291 | 2 |
| Loudon | 280 | 1 |
| Rhea | 278 | 0 |
| Dyer | 248 | 1 |
| McMinn | 232 | 18 |
| Cheatham | 225 | 1 |
| Blount | 218 | 3 |
| Dickson | 206 | 0 |
| Cumberland | 180 | 4 |
| Lawrence | 157 | 6 |
| Washington | 149 | 0 |
| Lauderdale | 143 | 3 |
| Monroe | 138 | 6 |
| Anderson | 134 | 2 |
| Gibson | 128 | 1 |
| Jefferson | 127 | 0 |
| Coffee | 117 | 0 |
| Smith | 116 | 1 |
| Sullivan | 116 | 2 |
| Obion | 112 | 2 |
| Hardin | 109 | 7 |
| Greene | 101 | 2 |
| Cocke | 91 | 0 |
| Haywood | 91 | 2 |
| Marshall | 89 | 1 |
| Franklin | 84 | 3 |
| Wayne | 82 | 0 |
| Hickman | 80 | 0 |
| Warren | 73 | 0 |
| Marion | 70 | 4 |
| White | 70 | 3 |
| McNairy | 69 | 0 |
| DeKalb | 66 | 0 |
| Lincoln | 63 | 0 |
| Weakley | 63 | 1 |
| Overton | 61 | 1 |
| Roane | 61 | 0 |
| Grundy | 59 | 1 |
| Giles | 58 | 1 |
| Carter | 57 | 1 |
| Hawkins | 56 | 2 |
| Unicoi | 55 | 0 |
| Campbell | 48 | 1 |
| Carroll | 48 | 1 |
| Henderson | 45 | 0 |
| Polk | 45 | 0 |
| Claiborne | 44 | 0 |
| Henry | 44 | 0 |
| Johnson | 44 | 0 |
| Grainger | 42 | 0 |
| Sequatchie | 38 | 0 |
| Cannon | 36 | 0 |
| Crockett | 35 | 3 |
| Chester | 34 | 0 |
| Perry | 34 | 0 |
| Meigs | 32 | 0 |
| Humphreys | 27 | 1 |
| Jackson | 26 | 0 |
| Morgan | 25 | 1 |
| Stewart | 23 | 0 |
| Decatur | 22 | 0 |
| Fentress | 22 | 0 |
| Union | 18 | 0 |
| Scott | 17 | 0 |
| Clay | 16 | 0 |
| Houston | 15 | 0 |
| Benton | 13 | 1 |
| Moore | 12 | 0 |
| Van Buren | 8 | 0 |
| Lewis | 6 | 0 |
| Pickett | 6 | 0 |
| Hancock | 4 | 0 |
