UPDATE AT 2:25 P.M.: A judge this afternoon allowed the boy to be released to home detention pending the filing of criminal charges. He will be required to wear a GPS bracelet that will allow authorities to monitor his whereabouts. The judge warned the boy if he tampers with the bracelet he will end up back in…

UPDATE | 3:52 p.m.: Lynnwood police have released a bit more information about the threat that closed Meadowdale High School in the Edmonds School District today. At about 9:30 Thursday night, Lynnwood police received information that somebody claiming to be a Meadowdale student was threatening, via the Internet, to bring a gun to school and shoot…

Three people were injured this afternoon when a shotgun discharged during a dispute involving numerous people at a Lynnwood apartment complex. The shooting prompted the brief lockdown of several nearby schools. About a dozen people were involved in the dispute just after 1 p.m. at an apartment complex in the 5600 block of 168th Street Southwest, according…