Two teens posted threat to ‘terrorize’ Broward high school on Instagram, cops say
On only the fourth day of school in Broward, Pembroke Pines police received a tip that there was an online threat of a potential shooting at Charles W. Flanagan High School, the department said.
That was Monday. On Tuesday, additional officers were deployed to the school as a precaution.
By Wednesday, police said they arrested two Flanagan students — one 15-year-old boy and one 16-year-old boy — after discovering an Instagram post threatening to “terrorize” the school.
“A continued investigation led officers to uncovering an alarming social media post,” police said in a news release.
The teens, who were not identified, were taken into custody Wednesday and face charges including a second-degree felony for making a written threat to do bodily harm or commit an act of terrorism and a second-degree misdemeanor for knowingly causing the disruption of an educational institution.
No other information about the teens or the threat was immediately released.
Police, however, used the incident as a reminder that “threats made against our schools will be taken seriously, and will be swiftly investigated by our department.”
“These are severe offenses, and any individual who has committed such acts will be charged accordingly,” the department said in a news release. “We are asking all parents to please take this moment and speak with your children as to the severe consequences for making threats to do harm, while encouraging that they report threats of which they are made aware.”
This story was originally published August 25, 2021 at 10:54 PM.
