The 11-year-old boy was arrested in Volusia, Florida, threated to shoot up his school and showed to his classmates through videos on his social media, where he showed an entire arsenal containing firearms, ammunition, knives and swords.
In addition, he shared a list of potential victims of his attack, which alerted his classmates, who, alarmed and seeing themselves in danger, decided to report him to the authorities, since his threats were growing more and more and they did not know if he would ever carry them out.
So the local police acted and showed up at his home to arrest him and start an investigation due to the threats. Several images were shared on social networks revealing the identity of the minor and where he can be seen handcuffed and taken to a patrol car.
11-Year-Old Boy Was Arrested for Threatening School Shooting After Showing Guns In Video. He Said It Was a Joke
Once the police arrived at his home the 11-year-old boy was arrested and told the officers that it had all been a joke, however, as indicated by the county Sheriff, Mike Chitwood, “this type of behavior will not be tolerated.”
Thus, the minor was sent to jail while investigations are carried out; for now, the Sheriff announced that the weapons found in the child’s possession were not real, but replicas, but even so, he stressed that the incident was extremely serious, since the arsenal he displayed, with airsoft guns that shoot plastic ammunition, knives and swords, could have been used to cause harm.
11-year-old ARRESTED in Florida after bragging about a “kill-list” and showing off an “arsenal of weapons” 😲‼️ pic.twitter.com/VzhFeYBlB8
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He also emphasized that although the arsenal wasn’t lethal, the threat and terror could have caused an incident at the school and reiterated in a press conference that any threat against schools in his county will be taken with the utmost seriousness, even if it involves minors or if they say it was all a joke.
The 11-year-old boy was arrested and his identity and photo were revealed and Chtwood warned parents that this will happen in future cases even if they are minors, because he said that if they do not educate their children, the police will do it.
This article was originally written in Spanish by Lizbeth García in CC News.