A wave of social media threats, many on Snapchat, are spreading across the country in the wake of the Florida shooting, in which 17 people died. Most of the threats appear to be hoaxes, but they have schools and law enforcement on high alert.
One of the posts, reported in South Carolina, showed a student wearing a partial mask and holding what appeared to be an assault rifle, according to the Washington Post. Variations of the post warning students not to go to school appeared in Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Massachusetts and North Carolina.
Franklin Regional School District, which serves Murrysville, Delmont and Export, canceled classes Friday after a student posted a Snapchat video showing a gun. A student was arrested at a residence Friday morning, police said.
Police: Student taken into custody after posting 'potential threat' on Snapchat that closed Franklin Regional schools.
Source : post-gazette
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