10-year-old Texas student charged with 'terrorist threat' over hoax school shooting threat, police said
A 10-year-old student has been charged with felony terrorist threat for allegedly threatening to commit a school shooting at a Kerrville, Texas, middle school, police said Monday.
A 10-year-old student has been charged with felony terrorist threat for allegedly threatening to commit a school shooting at a Kerrville, Texas, middle school, police said Monday.
The child, who was not named by authorities, posted "a hoax threat to social media with the intent of causing alarm or panic," the Kerrville Police Department said in a statement.
The department said it was aware of social media posts threatening to carry out a shooting at Hal Peterson Middle School on Tuesday and "immediately initiated a thorough investigation into these threats."
School resource officers, working with district officials, began investigating and found that the 10-year-old made the social media posts as a hoax.
Hal Peterson Middle School in Kerrville, Texas.Google MapsPolice said "no valid threat to Hal Peterson Middle School existed."
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