The number of threats after a Georgia school shooting this month is much higher than usual, many officials said. In response, some have cracked down with arrests and detention for children as young as 10.

Earlier this month, a detective knocked on Shavon Harvey’s door, in suburban Ohio, to ask about her son. The son had sent a Snapchat message from her phone to his friends, saying there would be shootings at several schools nearby.

She rushed to the police station, where her son was already in custody, but the police did not release him. He was charged with inducing panic, a second-degree felony, and officials kept him in detention for 10 nights.

He is 10.

  • Flying Squid
    24•3 months ago

    5 or 6 here in Terre Haute, IN from both high schools and middle schools. We’re not a small town, but we’re not exactly a huge metropolis either. This is happening all over.

    • Nougat
      26•3 months ago

      Some dumbass at my kid’s high school recently wrote on a bathroom wall, “Gonna shoot up the school on [date, three days from now].”

      They figured out who it was, he’s been charged with four felonies.

    • @WhiteRabbit_33
      3•3 months ago

      Wow, small world. I’m in Terre Haute a couple times a year for business and will be out there again in a few weeks. I’m amazed it’s a problem there too.