JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A 15-year-old boy has been arrested following threats at Landmark Middle School Monday that prompted the constructing to go on lockdown, in accordance with an arrest report from the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.
Police say {the teenager}, who First Coast News shouldn’t be naming because of his age, was charged with sending a written risk to conduct a mass capturing.
An arrest report signifies that the kid despatched messages on Instagram that mentioned issues comparable to, “Lucky I didn’t come today, I’ll be there tomorrow with my biggest gun,” and “don’t come to school tomorrow, you pretty, I can’t shoot you.”
The school was alerted of the alarming messages by one other scholar. Landmark Middle School was then positioned on a code yellow lockdown whereas college students had been searched.
The scholar was arrested on Tuesday as he was strolling off the bus, a JSO report says.
In response to at the moment’s arrest and the persevering with investigation, Duval County School Police Chief Greg Burton mentioned:
“Threats to schools, students, and staff are not tolerated. We will fully investigate any threat of violence to our schools, and we will engage many other law enforcement partners and resources to help identify those responsible. If it breaks the law, we will do everything we can to arrest those responsible. If a student is involved, that student will also face serious disciplinary consequences under the student code of conduct. Please reinforce with your children that this behavior will never be dismissed as a joke or harmless child’s play.”