YONKERS - Two Yonkers high school students have been accused of threatening to carry out a school shooting this month.

Yonkers police said in a statement today that a 15-year-old freshman at Lincoln High School and a 14-year-old freshman at a different, unnamed Yonkers high school were arrested and charged with making a terroristic threat, a felony.

The boys, with the help of a third person, had talked about shooting at least 60 people at Lincoln, police said. The threats were limited to social media postings, police said, and no weapons were found at their homes.

Nothing was found at the boys' homes to indicate that they had the means to carry out the shooting threat, police said.

Police said they received reports around 3:45 p.m. Sunday of school shooting threats that were circulating on social media. They said the boys had texted each other about shooting people at Lincoln on Friday, Oct. 25, during a pep rally.

Police said they found social media postings on several platforms, including Facebook and Snapchat, about the shooting plan. After interviewing students and parents, they identified the two teenagers as suspects.

The 15-year-old boy was primarily responsible for initiating the threats, police said, and his friend, the 14-year-old boy, shared the messages. The boys planned to shoot 20 people each, with the help of a third person, to amass at least 60 victims, police said.

Both boys were arrested on Monday and will be charged as juvenile delinquents in Westchester Family Court.

The families of both boys are cooperating with police, who are investigating with the Yonkers Board of Education "to ensure the safety of our students and school staff," police said.

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