Somerville, Tenn. — A local high school was shut down Friday after a social media post was found threatening to shoot up the school.
Authorities with the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office said that Fayette-Ware High School was placed on lockdown between 11 a.m. and noon while officials investigated a threat made against the school on Snapchat.
That threat showed a picture of a hand holding a gun with a caption threatening to shoot up the school, the sheriff’s office said.
Authorities told FOX13 that all indications are that the post was a hoax and that they found the original picture of the gun on a concealed handgun carry website.
Officials with the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office believe the picture was taken from that website and altered to make the threat against the school on Snapchat.
The Fayette County Sheriff’s Office emphasized that this was not a photo taken at the school.
Fayette County Public Schools confirmed that the social media threat was made and said that there is no immediate threat to any students or staff member at Fayette County Public Schools at this time.
“The safety of our students and staff remains a top priority and we want to assure all parents, staff and students that Fayette County Public Schools are continuously enforcing and reevaluating our safety protocols. We want our community to know that we take any and all threats very seriously and as such will pursue disciplinary sanctions as allowed by law and district policy,” reads a press release...
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