PARKLAND, Fla. — A 17-year-old student was arrested Thursday after police said he made a threat in a social media chat room against Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, the site of one of the worst school shootings in the United States.
A caller reported the threat against the school about 11 p.m. Wednesday, said Claudinne Caro, a spokesperson for the Broward Sheriff’s Office.
The 11th grader at the Parkland high school sent a text to a group message of fellow students shortly after 9 p.m. Wednesday.
“I feel like school shooting tmrw (tomorrow). When I sneeze it’s a signal go to the bathroom OK,” the message said according to a probable cause affidavit. “I hope y’all aren’t snitches.”
The affidavit says police found the student at his home where he was taken into custody. The student faces one count of writing threats to conduct a mass shooting, Caro said.
On Feb. 14, 2018, 17 people were killed and 17 were injured by a former student at Stoneman Douglas.
Earlier this week, a 15-year-old boy was charged with murder and terrorism for a shooting that killed four fellow students and injured others at a high school in Oxford, Michigan.
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