A juvenile is arrested for allegedly posting a threat onto social media to shoot up a school in Rapides Parish. The threat was made to Oak Hill High School in Elmer. Tommy Carnline with the Rapides Parish Sheriff’s Office says the threat was made Sunday, and the sheriff and superintendent had to act fast.
“Due to it getting late, Sunday evening, and us not actually locking down if this was going to be a viable threat or not, they decided that closing the school would be the safest and most prudent thing,” Carnline said.
Carnline says with the assistance of the Cyber Crime Unit, they were able to track down a suspect after several hours.
“They were able to create a fake Snapchat account. And that is where this threat originated from,” Carnline explained.
Carnline says when a threat is posted onto social media like this one, it will spread like wildfire.
“It can go to a multitude of different locations and people. And all that does is create hysteria and fear. And we’re just very happy that we were able to get to the bottom of it,” Carnline said.
The suspect has been placed in the Renaissance Home for Youth. Carnline says this is still an active investigation.
