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Early on Sept. 25, deputies were alerted about a reported claim from a teen made on social media "to shoot up the school.
"This is a threat," the high school student posted on Snapchat.
"Once on scene, the evidence became clear that the juvenile had in fact posted the threat," a spokesperson for the Harford County Sheriff's Office stated. "As a result, deputies charged the student with making threats to commit an act of mass violence."
According to the department, in the past week, nearly a dozen threats of violence targeting schools have been investigated by the agency, who "does not take them lightly."
They stated that "each (threat) is quickly investigated to determine the validity and ensure students are safe in school.
"The does not allow it. In accordance with Maryland law, we are not able to release to the public or the school the name of the student charged with this crime."
Officials were unable to unable to identify the schools targeted, as multiple buildings were threatened, and the student's school has not been released from the latest incident because they said "it could be considered identifying information about the suspect."
"In the last 13 hours, we have investigated three threats of violence against schools," they continued. "Talk to your children about the severity of making threats and monitor online activities. Let’s work together to keep our students safe.
"Making threats to commit an act of mass violence is not included in the list of offenses we can release to the school."
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