Teen Girl Charged With Threatening High School

ROCKVILLE, MD — A teenage girl has been charged for making online threats against Thomas S. Wootton High School earlier in the week.

The Montgomery County Police Department said officers were flagged about the threat on Tuesday by a parent whose child saw the post on Instagram.

Police identified the 16-year-old Gaithersburg girl as the owner of the Instagram account after working alongside the MCPD Threat Assessment and the Behavioral Solutions Team.

The teenager admitted to creating the threatening social media post after an interview with police and her parents.

Police did not specify what the threatening post said, or whether the girl was a student at Thomas S. Wootton High School. It's also unclear if the post has any ties to the shooting that recently occurred at the school.

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The girl is currently being charged with threats of mass violence. Police said the case will be processed through the Department of Juvenile Services.

Bethesda Today reported that although the girl was charged, she was not taken into police custody.

Montgomery County police said there is no ongoing threat to the school. However, the department said additional officers would be stationed at the school.

The charge announcement comes weeks after the high school was rocked by a shooting that left one student hospitalized and another being charged as an adult on two counts of first-degree assault, two counts of second-degree assault and possession of a dangerous weapon on school property, among other firearms-related charges.

Patch has reached out to the Montgomery County Police Department for comment on the case.