Deputies arrested a 14-year-old Braden River High School student who threatened a mass shooting on social media, according to the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office.
The sheriff’s office said it began investigating around 10:30 p.m. Sunday after learning about threats shared on Snapchat. In the message, the ninth-grader stated he was going to shoot multiple people at the school, deputies said in a news release.
Deputies said they had enough evidence to charge the student with making written or electronic threats to kill, do bodily injury, or conduct a mass shooting or an act of terrorism, a second-degree felony. Detectives said they arrested him early Monday and transported him to the Juvenile Detention Center…