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Teen accused of threatening Bloomingdale High School in Hillsborough County

By Kevin Accettulla,

3 days ago

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TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office arrested a 15-year-old on Thursday who allegedly made an online threat against Bloomingdale High School.

The teen allegedly made a post on Snapchat that said “ok imma shoot the school up,” according to deputies. The teen is not believed to have had access to any weapons.

“This behavior is not a joke,” Sheriff Chad Chronister said in a statement. “Threatening the safety of our schools, whether online or in person, will not be tolerated.”

The teen was charged with written or electronic threat to conduct a mass shooting or act of terrorism and unlawful use of a two-way communication device, deputies aid.

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Cindy

3d ago

He needs to be put away a few years. He will learn that what he said it's not a joke and will learn from it. Don't let him go now and wait until he shoots up a place please.

Chris V

3d ago

anyone notice how many threats and a shooting at schools just this week. we need to make it stop. including the shooting in GA and 4 threats In florida schools this is already way too many. they need to start some program like DARE or MAD to address this. sure it won't stop it all but it might prevent some. DARE worked cuz it reached kids before they started being exposed to drugs, it gave then facts it scared them with images and stories and it provided resources. sure some of these kids ended up using drugs but I like to think many were reached

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