Deltona, FL - For the second time in a week, a middle school student is charged with written threat to kill or injure. The 13-year-old Galaxy Middle School student was arrested Tuesday morning after sending messages on the social media platform Snapchat threatening to commit a shooting at the school.
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School officials say that a series of rumors about threats started last week. They contacted the Volusia Sheriff's Office (VSO) and showed investigators screenshots of a Snapchat thread in which the student made multiple threats to bring a gun to school and shoot people.
One message stated: “It happening tomorrow and Friday for dose you survive. I’m not (expletive) around anymore.” Another message stated: “After that ima give the gun to the other kid let him finish the job” and “Js watch yuh back tomorrow.” At the end of the chat, the student stated: “That my last day there tomorrow.”
The student was interviewed by sheriff’s deputies and the principal. When asked why he sent threatening messages to shoot kids and the school, he stated: “It was just a joke.”
Numerous students were absent from school because of the threats.
The teen is also charged with making a false report of a bomb or explosive weapon of mass destruction.
“Call it a joke if you want, but if you threaten to shoot up your school, then you’re going to face the consequences,” Sheriff Mike Chitwood said following the arrest. “I’m imploring all parents to get this point across to their kids. Otherwise, law enforcement will be teaching the lesson instead.”
