Tip leads police to arrest in school threat

Once Boerne police received a tip about a possible suspect in the Jan. 31 Champion High School bomb threat, Chief Steve Perez intentionally shut down the open lines of communication through social media.

“Our investigation into the incident at Champion High School started immediately,” Perez said at a Feb. 2 press conference at the Boerne police station. “Our detectives started looking into how the call was received, and later received information about a possible suspect.

“Due to the information we had, I elected to minimize the communication to ensure our suspect would not be alerted in any way,” the chief said.