MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Helena-West Helena, Arkansas, man faces terror charges and more after police said he threatened to shoot up his ex-girlfriend’s school.
Helena-West Helena Police said about 9:30 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 9, 2022, they responded to a call about shooting threats at JF Wahl Elementary School. Investigators said a school employee told them her ex-boyfriend Dalton Jackson had been stalking and threatening her.
Officers said they received information that Jackson threatened to come up to the school and shoot up his ex’s classroom and school. Investigators said an anonymous tipster told them what he was driving, and officers found him and arrested him on East Cleburne Avenue in West Helena.
Jackson is charged with terroristic threatening in the first degree, death threats concerning a school employee or student, and threatening to commit an act of mass violence on school property. He is being held at Phillips County Detention Center until a bond hearing set for Dec. 10, 2022.
