CHEYENNE — A jury found a student accused of threatening to “shoot up” Cheyenne’s East High School homecoming not guilty Tuesday of felony charges of terroristic threats.

Last September, Tyler Bathke was arrested after making “concerning statements” about having a gun, which led to a lockdown at East High.

Bathke’s trial began Monday morning, and after a little over a day of testimony and roughly an hour of deliberation, the jury found him not guilty of the charges. Because the incident took place in a school that legally cannot have cameras at certain locations, the jury had to rely on witness testimony and body cam footage of interviews.

“Use your common sense in evaluating all this evidence,” Bathke’s lawyer, assistant public defender Jason Chaulk, said. “Kids are kids. This case is

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