( NewsNation ) — A 10-year-old Florida boy is in custody after his father turned in him for threatening to open fire at a school , police said.
The investigation began Wednesday when officials at Wakulla High School were alerted to a social media threat after the school day ended, the Wakulla County Sherriff’s Office said in a post on Facebook . A student told a school resource officer of a Snapchat conversation they had with another person who said, “Yes I’m finna Shoot up your school It’s yalls last day.”
The sheriff’s office located south of Tallahassee enlisted the help of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement’s cybercrimes unit to identify the person who allegedly made the threat, and deputies interviewed the boy Thursday at his home in neighboring Leon County. After police obtained an arrest warrant, the boy’s father turned him in, according to the sheriff’s office.
The agency told school officials Thursday morning there was no threat to Wakulla High School or any other school in the district.