Teen arrested for allegedly making threat to Bossier Parish school

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BOSSIER CITY, LA (KSLA) - A Bossier student has been arrested for allegedly threatening to commit a school shooting on social media, according to Bossier Parish School officials.

The Bossier Parish Sheriff's Office says the 14-year-old student from Greenacres Middle School made verbal threatening comments on SnapChat while in Gym Class Thursday.

Students that were in the gym class with the suspect were discussing it on social media after school. A parent of one of the students found out about the incident and told authorities.

The School Resource Officer at that campus is from the Bossier Sheriff's Office and is aware of the situation, though KSLA News 12 was told Bossier City Police are handling the investigation.

Bossier Parish School officials say the student was taken to Ware Detention Center and charged with terrorizing.

The sheriff's office says these types of threats are something that is taken very seriously and that the school is expected to operate as normal Friday. Police say the teen did not have the means to carry out the threat, and at this time BCPD believes the threat against the school was not viable.