Gorham Police were contacted by the FBI on March 25 about a vague threat of a mass shooting that had been posted on Snapchat. Police visited a local residence but determined that no one there was involved in the threat. However, a Gorham High School student who was at the residence posted online that there had been a threat made toward Gorham High School.
This posting frightened a number of people who read it, and officers had to reassure them because of the reactions to the posting. The original threat was not sent from a Gorham residence, therefore the information about the threat was forwarded to the appropriate agency.
The original threat was “thoroughly investigated” according to the Gorham Police Department and was not believed to be a credible threat. Gorham High School Principal Brian Jandreau told Gorham Police that he had “complete confidence in their handling of the case” and that there was “no threat to GHS.”