13-year-old in Fort Myers arrested for posting threat on Snapchat

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Fort Myers police car. CREDIT: WINK News

The Fort Myers Police Department have arrested a female 13-year-old student for posting a threat on Snapchat.

Police announced the arrest via Facebook on Wednesday evening.

Fort Myers police said a school resource officer assigned to Paul Laurence Dunbar Middle School began investigating and found probable cause to charge the student with electronic threats to conduct a mass shooting.

The student was sent to the Juvenile Assessment Center for booking.

FMPD said, “These threats of violence, even if intended as a joke, will not be tolerated in our schools.”

Police did not share what that threat was.

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