Teens Accused of School Shooting Threats
ALISYN CAMEROTA, CNN ANCHOR: Police arresting teenagers in Oklahoma and California this week, all accused of making school shooting threats. Tipsters alerted police after spotting social media posts. CNN's Omar Jimenez joins us live to explain. Thank goodness that people alerted the police. What happened?</s>OMAR JIMENEZ, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Yes, Alisyn, these cases all separate, popping up in multiple states across the country, California, Oklahoma. Now, in Oklahoma, 18-year-old Alexis Wilson was arrested for making terrorist threats against her former high school. According to the county sheriff's office arrest report, Wilson had recently purchased an AK-47, showed co-workers videos of herself with the weapon and, according to the arrest report, allegedly told a co-worker she was going to shoot 400 people for fun and that there were so many people at her old school in McAlester High School that she would like to do it. Now, police say she told them she was just trying to teach her co- worker not to be afraid of firearms. When police got to her home, they found the newly purchased AK-47 and a 12-gauge shotgun in her bedroom. Bond was set at $250,000 during a court hearing Monday. She's due in court again next week. Her attorney hasn't responded to CNN's calls. But, in Palm Springs, California, three 14-year-old students were arrested after making violent social media threats against their school, Desert Hot Springs High. The post was actually first reported by a staff member from the school district. The district then immediately reported it to police who say they recovered a revolver, a semi-automatic handgun and a replica AR-15. The three students there are in custody, being held as juveniles, all of them charged with making terrorist threats. And in Fresno, California, a 16-year-old student was also arrested for making threats on social media against his Fresno High School. The difference here is officers didn't recover any weapons, but the school district there says they take all threats like this seriously and they're investigated right away when reported. The Fresno School District also says they've rolled out a series of PSAs trying to educate their community about the seriousness of social media threats, especially when they're threats of mass violence. John. Alisyn.</s>CAMEROTA: Oh, my gosh. I mean this stuff is contagious.</s>BERMAN: Look, I mean the good news is that it's being caught before something potentially happens. The bad news, obviously, it's still going on.</s>CAMEROTA: So there's this powerful new video just released this morning. It's a PSA. And it is to try to prevent school shootings. So we will show it to you, next.</s>BERMAN: First, how a woman with a rare genetic syndrome became an entrepreneur. That's in today's "Turning Points."</s>CYNTHIA EISENBEIS, JESSICA'S MOTHER: Jessica was having trouble finding a job. Or if she'd find something, it would be great until they didn't necessarily want to work with her challenges.</s>JESSICA EISENBEIS, OWNER, YADI'S YUMMIES: After I graduate, I just want a job.</s>C. EISENBEIS: She has Rubinstein Taybi Syndrome, and that is a genetic syndrome characterized by short stature. They have really wide thumbs and big toes. Often times they have learning disabilities. Jessica had been out of work for a while and was just really getting depressed. We started making dog treats for our dogs, and they liked them a lot. So we decided to take it further. And Jessica opened her store, Yadi's Yummys, in September of 2018. They hand make their treats. It's all natural, human grade.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Hi, baby. Welcome to Yadi's Yummies (ph).</s>C. EISENBEIS: Jessica, from the beginning, wanted to hire other people with disabilities because she wanted a place where people could go and be respected and enjoy their work and be valued.</s>J. EISENBEIS: I like to work here. I like to get some respect. I am the boss.