Two Florida students, 10 and 11, arrested over alleged shooting threats: 'Discipline your kids'

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Two Volusia County, Florida, students — ages 10 and 11 — were arrested successful abstracted incidents this week aft allegedly making execution threats, authorities said.

Videos posted to the Volusia Sheriff’s Office Facebook leafage amusement some students being led into custody, underscoring section authorities’ connection that threats of schoolhouse unit volition beryllium met with swift and superior consequences.

The 11-year-old, a pupil astatine DeLand Middle School, was arrested Thursday for the 2nd clip successful little than a twelvemonth aft allegedly sending written threats targeting teachers, the Sheriff’s Office confirmed to Fox News Digital.

Police said the pupil utilized different child’s relationship to nonstop the connection "imma sprout you" to 7 teachers. 

The apprehension comes portion the pupil was already participating successful a diversion programme related to a erstwhile October apprehension astatine Southwestern Middle School.

Two Volusia County, Florida, students — ages 10 and 11 — were arrested successful  abstracted  incidents this week aft  allegedly making threats to transportation  retired  shootings, authorities said.

The 11-year-old, a pupil astatine DeLand Middle School, was arrested for the 2nd clip successful little than a twelvemonth aft allegedly sending written threats targeting teachers, according to the Sheriff’s Office. (Volusia Sheriff's Office via Facebook)

In that earlier case, constabulary said the pupil sent a radical connection speechmaking "IM GONNA SHOOT YOU" done different student’s school-related account.

The Sheriff’s Office stressed that threats of unit origin large disruptions crossed the district, which serves astir 63,000 students and employs astir 4,400 teachers.

"I cognize immoderate privation to marque excuses and coddle the prime fewer who take to marque threats. You tin pat them connected the caput and archer them everything's going to beryllium alright. My occupation is to look retired for everyone else," the Sheriff's Office said successful a statement.

"These idiotic threats disrupt our schools, devour up clip and resources, and summation the chances a existent menace slips done the cracks. If you tin endanger to sprout 7 teachers you tin instrumentality a perp walk. Parents, subject your kids and I won't person to."

Earlier successful the week, a 10-year-old pupil astatine Pride Elementary School was besides arrested aft allegedly making threats.

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Two Volusia County, Florida, students — ages 10 and 11 — were arrested successful  abstracted  incidents this week aft  allegedly making threats to transportation  retired  shootings, authorities said.

Earlier successful the week, a 10-year-old pupil astatine Pride Elementary School was besides arrested aft allegedly making threats. (Volusia Sheriff's Office via Facebook)

According to a Facebook station connected Wednesday from the Volusia Sheriff’s Office, the pupil wrote connected a whiteboard that helium would bring a weapon to schoolhouse and near a enactment listing individuals helium intended to harm. 

"This pupil wrote successful imperishable marker connected a schoolroom whiteboard that he'd bring a weapon to school. Then helium near a 'list of radical who i'm gunna kill' successful a desk," the Sheriff’s Office said.

The kid was charged with making a written menace to kill, a felony. Deputies said helium told investigators helium did not mean the threats.

"The parents of the 3 students named connected the database were notified," the Volusia Sheriff’s Office said. "The genitor of the suspect indicated helium does not person entree to immoderate firearms. That doesn't alteration the consequences of his actions."

"This is different reminder to speech to your kids and thatch them this acquisition earlier they larn it successful the juvenile justness system."

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A spokesperson for Volusia County Schools told Fox News Digital that each menace against students, unit oregon campuses is taken earnestly and addressed without exception.

"We impulse each Volusia County parents and guardians to talk with their children astir the seriousness of making oregon sharing threats, and the important ineligible and acquisition consequences that volition follow," the spokesperson said. "Please intimately show your child’s integer enactment and stay alert of the platforms and connection tools they are using."

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"Volusia County Schools volition proceed moving successful afloat concern with the Volusia County Sheriff's Office and Behavioral Threat Assessment Teams to promptly identify, measure and respond to immoderate imaginable threats."

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