ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – A teen who was expelled from an Orange County private school was arrested after making a school shooting threat while on a video chat with other students, according to the sheriff’s office.
The sheriff’s office said deputies responded to Champion Preparatory Academy Thursday where several students reported to school officials they saw the 13-year-old threaten to shoot up the school and waved what appeared to be a gun while on a video group chat.
Officials said the sheriff’s office responded to the teen’s home where they found an airsoft pistol and knives in his bedroom. Deputies said the teen admitted to making the threats as a “joke.”
He is charged with written or electronic threats to kill, do bodily injury, or conduct a mass shooting, which is a second-degree felony.
This is a developing story and will be updated with more information as we receive it.
OCSO arrested a 13 y/o expelled private school student for threatening to shoot up the school while on a live video chat with other students. Those students reported it & OCSO immediately followed up. At his home, they found an airsoft pistol & knives. #SeeSomethingSaySomethingpic.twitter.com/NdaytpMNrS
— Orange County Sheriff's Office (@OrangeCoSheriff) December 17, 2021
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