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Osceola mother calls law enforcement on 12-year-old son after discovering shooting threats on his phone
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According to the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office, text messages on a student’s phone show that he warned another student to not come to school on Monday.They show he then sent pictures of black handguns with extended magazines.The other student asks if he’s going to shoot up the school. He responds saying no, just one person at the school.Sheriff Marco Lopez said the student got the photos of the guns off Google, but in an interview, he told detectives there is a gun at his dad’s house.“Could he have gotten it? We don’t know. Is it locked in a safe, according to the father, yes and that’s where it should be, however, kids are creative,” Lopez said.The text messages were discovered late Sunday night, when the students mom took his phone away after he lied about the device being dead.After reading the messages, she called law enforcement.Deputies responded and arrested him early Monday morning. The sheriff is applauding mom’s decision to call them and is encouraging other parents to check their kid’s phones too.“Good job mom, good job parenting. It’s sad that we have to go through this process, but you know what, in this case, it’s the right thing to do,” Lopez said.The principal at the school sent a call-out message to parents saying in part: “a threat of school violence was made by one of our students. Law enforcement took quick action and conducted a thorough investigation. The student who made the threat will face discipline consequences from both law enforcement and the school district.” The student was taken to the Orange County Juvenile Detention Center and is now facing felony charges of written electronic threats to kill or cause bodily harm.
According to the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office, text messages on a student’s phone show that he warned another student to not come to school on Monday.
They show he then sent pictures of black handguns with extended magazines.
The other student asks if he’s going to shoot up the school. He responds saying no, just one person at the school.
Sheriff Marco Lopez said the student got the photos of the guns off Google, but in an interview, he told detectives there is a gun at his dad’s house.
“Could he have gotten it? We don’t know. Is it locked in a safe, according to the father, yes and that’s where it should be, however, kids are creative,” Lopez said.
The text messages were discovered late Sunday night, when the students mom took his phone away after he lied about the device being dead.
After reading the messages, she called law enforcement.
Deputies responded and arrested him early Monday morning.
The sheriff is applauding mom’s decision to call them and is encouraging other parents to check their kid’s phones too.
“Good job mom, good job parenting. It’s sad that we have to go through this process, but you know what, in this case, it’s the right thing to do,” Lopez said.
The principal at the school sent a call-out message to parents saying in part:
“a threat of school violence was made by one of our students. Law enforcement took quick action and conducted a thorough investigation. The student who made the threat will face discipline consequences from both law enforcement and the school district.”
The student was taken to the Orange County Juvenile Detention Center and is now facing felony charges of written electronic threats to kill or cause bodily harm.
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