Questions have surfaced regarding claims made by a Barrington boy who said a classmate bullied him on a school bus last month.

On Friday, March 13, the 9-year-old boy and his grandmother contacted the police to report the alleged threats. The boy, a student at Hampden Meadows School, said a 10-year-old boy at the same school had approached him on the bus and said he was going to "kill him" and "make him cry." The younger boy also said the alleged bully hit him in the back of the head.

Officers tracked down the alleged bully and spoke to him. The older boy reportedly told police that he did not think he was bullying the younger student, and claimed that the two had rough-housed together in the past.

Police officers contacted Barrington school officials who reviewed video footage from the surveillance cameras on the bus. According to Barrington Police Chief John LaCross, the video showed no evidence of bullying.

"You saw the kids sitting together, but there was no assault made," he said, adding that only school officials have viewed the footage.

The bus monitor, who had been sitting near the boys, reportedly did not see any bullying taking place either.