Crime & Safety
Student Taken Into Custody After Terrorist Threats
A Pleasant Grove student was taken into custody Wednesday after social media posts threatening a school shooting.
BIRMINGHAM, AL - A 13-year-old suspect has been taken into custody after posting on social media that he planned to bring a gun to Pleasant Grove High School. The student posted a photo of himself holding a rifle.
On January 29 at approximately 9:15 p.m., Pleasant Grove High School administrators notified the Jefferson County Sheriff’s School Resource Division that a student had made a social media post on Snapchat stating that he was going to "shoot up the school."
School Resource Officers took the child into custody at his residence at 6:45 a.m. Wednesday morning. Deputies were able to locate and take possession of his weapons.
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The Sheriff's office reported that there is no threat to the school at this time, and that prosecution will proceed through Family Court.
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