HORACE, N.D. (CCSO) – On Tuesday, August 29th around 7:53 a.m., the Cass County Sheriff’s Office received a 1st party tip from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) regarding a shooting threat to the Horace Middle School in Horace, ND.

A Cass County Deputy, who was in Horace at the time the tip was received, immediately contacted the West Fargo School Resource Officer assigned to the Horace Middle School and advised them of the threat. Cass County Deputies in the Horace area immediately responded to the school, along with the West Fargo School Resource Officer, to provide security. In addition to Horace Middle School, the Cass County Sheriff’s Office sent deputies to the other rural Cass County Schools as a precaution and extra visibility. These extra precautions measures remained in place until the suspect was taken into custody.

The tip identified 35-year-old James P. Donnelly as the suspect. The Cass County Sheriff’s Office, working collaboratively with area law enforcement, the Metro Area Street Crimes Unit, and the US Marshal’s Task Force, located Donnelly at a local hotel in Fargo and arrested him around 9:15 a.m. for an outstanding warrant unrelated to this incident. Through the course of the investigation, Donnelly was also charged with a felony terrorizing charge. Donnelly did not have any weapons with, or on him, at the time of his arrest. He was transported to the Cass County Jail.