A seventh-grader from Deltona, Florida, was arrested this week after he allegedly posted threats on social media to shoot three classmates and shoot up his school, including posting a photo of himself pointing a gun at the head of a student, according to police.
In a news release, the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office said a 13-year-old boy was arrested Monday and multiple weapons were seized from his family home during the execution of a search warrant Tuesday.
A seventh grade student at Trinity Christian Academy in Deltona, Florida, has been arrested after threatening to shoot students on social media.
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Witnesses told police the teen, a seventh grader at Trinity Christian Academy in Deltona, posted threatening messages on the Snapchat social media platform. In one message, the sheriff’s office said, the teen posted: “I have 32 rounds for you,” and in another he said: “I have a hollow point with your name on it.”
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Witnesses told police the teen was in a Snapchat group video chat and threatened to shoot up his school, and in another video he pointed a gun at another student’s head, the statement said.
Police added that the seventh grader submitted a photo of himself sitting in the driver’s seat of a vehicle while holding a black handgun.
The victim and the suspect allegedly met on the social media app Snapchat, according to police.
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Police charged the student with three counts of making written threats to kill or commit a mass shooting and one count of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
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He was taken to the Volusia Family Resource Center, police said, before being transferred to the Department of Juvenile Justice.
When investigators interviewed the family Tuesday, they refused to allow detectives to search the home.
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But after obtaining a search warrant, detectives returned later that night and seized several weapons and ammunition from the home, police said.
Detectives also found two handguns in the garage, a rifle and a shotgun in the trunk of a car, a six-round magazine in the student’s bedroom dresser, and ammunition around the home office cabinet that was opened, as well as the main room.
