Scottsburg High School student arrested over zombie 'shoot-em-up' video

Member of the schools wrestling team pleaded not guilty to a misdemeanor intimidation charge

Sean Small, an 18-year-old senior at Scottsburg High School faces an intimidation charge and may be expelled after posting video of an augmented reality game in which players shoot zombies in real-time settings.

Small was arrested at the school last Tuesday after a female student complained to Principal Ric Manns that she was concerned after seeing video of Small playing The Walking Dead: Our World at school, with the game’s shooter and zombies visible in a hallway.

After Manns and Joe Baker, a deputy in the Scott County Sheriff’s Office, watched the video, they found that the footage “depicted real Scottsburg High School students walking through the hallway along with fictional zombie characters.”

No weapons were found after Baker searched Small and his backpack, and he told school officials that he “meant no harm” in the post.

Small, a member of Scottsburg High’s wrestling team and part of the Indiana National Guard, pleaded not guilty to the intimidation charge, a misdemeanor, in Scott County Circuit Court this past Thursday. He’s free after his family posted a $1,000 bond that day.

Small’s trial is set for Oct. 23, with a pretrial conference set for Sept. 27.