FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) - Police have arrested a teenage student for making a school threat on social media.
Fort Lauderdale police arrested the 17-year-old Stranahan High School student, accusing them of making the threat over the weekend.
The teen faces a felony charge of written or electronic threats to kill, do bodily injury or conduct a mass shooting.
Police believed the teen had the means to carry out the threat, and therefore, he was arrested and charged accordingly.
A total of five Broward schools were targeted with threats of violence in recent times.
“I want to reiterate the seriousness of posting these threats,” said Fort Lauderdale Polie Chief Larry Scirotto. “We will treat them with the highest regard that they deserve.”
Also arrested was a South Plantation High School sophomore student who said she posted a copycat threat as a joke.
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