Student Arrested Following Sarasota High School Shooting Threat

A 16-year-old Sarasota High School student has been charged with a felony crime after posting a threat on Twitter.

The Sarasota Police Department was notified Friday that the teen posted “can’t wait to shoot up my school” on his public Twitter account. Officers went to the school Friday after learning of the threat and discovered the teen was not there, an email to media from the department stated.

Police then went to the boy’s home and brought him in for questioning.

The teen, who is not being identified by Patch, was subsequently charged with a felony for making a threat against the school.

“Our officers and detectives responded and handled this type of threat the way they’ve been trained to do,” Chief Bernadette DiPino was quoted in a media release as saying. “Our officers and detectives responded in a professional manner and worked with our community partners included the Sarasota County School District and Sarasota High School to make sure this threat was investigated and handled properly. We take these types of threats seriously.”