(WSVN) - A child has been arrested after posting a menacing message on social media.

Volusia County Sheriff’s Office deputies said the sixth grader posted a message in a Snapchat group chat that said she was going to bring a gun to her school.

Deputies received a tip of the message on the same night she posted and immediately started investigating.

The student now faces two felony charges and will be transported to a local juvenile detention center.

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