Local man accused of making threats against staff and students at local high school
Aug 20, 2026
STANLY CO., N.C. – A Salisbury man is behind bars after police say they foiled a mass terror threat at a Stanly County high school.
It happened just before 7 Thursday morning. Police responded to Albemarle High School after learning of a threat targeting faculty and students. Detectives identif
ied 22-year-old Darius Anthony Gatewood as the suspect.
Police arrested Gatewood and charged him with felony communication of a threat of mass violence, along with an unrelated felony count of statutory rape.
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