A 17-year-old Florida teenager was arrested and charged after making online threats to “shoot up” a high school. The teenager, a student at Elevation High School in Sanford, was arrested at his home after police received an anonymous tip about a video where he threatened to attack nearby Seminole High School. He has been charged with intimidation through making a written or electronic threat of mass shooting or a terrorist act. When police searched his home, they found airsoft weapons and protective vests, not the arsenal of guns he claimed to have in the video. The quick collaboration of multiple agencies, including the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office, Homeland Security, the FBI, and Seminole County Public Schools, helped identify and apprehend the teenager. The police chief stated that their fast action most likely prevented a tragedy and saved lives. There has been one planned school shooting in the United States this year, where one student was killed and another injured. The suspect in that case ultimately took his own life. In 2018, a 19-year-old gunman killed 17 people at a high school in Parkland, Florida. Authorities are urging anyone with information on the Seminole County case to contact the Sanford Police Department or Crime line anonymously.
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