A Lebanon woman was arrested Wednesday after threatening to "shoot up" a school in East Hampton Tuesday, according to the town's police department. Monica Smith, 57, of Lebanon, is facing charges of falsely reporting an incident concerning serious physical injury or death and misuse of the emergency 911 system.

Police in East Hampton say they are charging a woman with multiple crimes after claims of an active shooter at a local school. According to the East Hampton Police Department, officers responded on Tuesday to reports of a shooter inside the town’s middle school on Childs Road.

East Hampton police say officers are responding to a threat at one of the schools in town on Tuesday afternoon, but did not provide any more specifics.

East Hampton police responded to a reported threat at East Hampton Middle School. East Hampton Superintendent Timothy M. Van Tasel confirmed police responded to the middle school but did not provide any additional information.

The arrest of a 14-year-old East Central Independent School District student this week, accused of adding the names of two campuses to a photo of automatic weapons and posting it on social media, added one more to dozens of threatening messages directed at area schools in the past month,

East Hampton police are responding to a reported threat at East Hampton Middle School. In emails obtained by News 8, East Hampton Superintendent Timothy M. Van Tasel said police are responding to the middle school but did not provide any additional information.