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MISD Police arrest suspect in connection with last week’s lockdown incidents

MISD Police arrest suspect in connection with last week’s lockdown incidents

October 9, 2019

The Marshall ISD Police Department has made an arrest in connection with last week’s phone calls made to both Marshall High School and the district Administration Building that caused the district to enforce lockdowns at all campus buildings and schools Thursday and Friday.

Quincy Earl McCollister, 17, was arrested and charged Wednesday with two counts of making a False Alarm or Report, Emergency, which is punishable as a state jail felony “if the false report is of an emergency involving a public or private institution of higher education or involving a public primary or secondary school, public communications, public transportation, public water, gas or power supply or other public service.”

The arrest was made following an investigation into a series of phone calls made to MHS and MISD Administration on the morning of Thursday, Oct. 3. The calls forced district officials to place all district facilities on lockdown status for over two hours. A second series of calls was made to both Administration and MHS on Friday morning, Oct. 4, which prompted a second district-wide lockdown of approximately 45 minutes.

MISD Police led the investigation, with assistance from the City of Marshall Police Department. MISD police officers were stationed at MHS during Thursday’s lockdown, with MPD officers covering other schools and district facilities over the course of the two days.

“The cooperation of our police department with Marshall PD was outstanding,” said MISD Superintendent Dr. Jerry Gibson after Friday’s events. “Chief (Joe) Arledge (MISD Police Chief) and Chief (Cliff) Carruth (Marshall PD Chief) worked tirelessly for two days to gather the evidence needed to track down the suspect and make the arrest. I want to commend our local law enforcement for their help and cooperation throughout this entire process.

“The safety and security of our students is our number one priority,” Gibson continued. “In today’s climate we cannot take any threats lightly, and the decision to go on lockdown at all of our campuses is one that we do not take lightly, either. But I would rather make that decision then risk the safety of any of our students or our staff who protect them. Our staff responded in a professional way during the course of last week’s events, and I am confident that at no time were our students in danger.”

Gibson last week said the district will seek to prosecute “to the fullest extent of the law” anyone found to be responsible for last week’s phone calls to the district.

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