Skip to main content
Partly Cloudy icon
79º

DeLand Middle School student planned to bring gun to school, police say

Student intended to cause lockdown, report shows

No description found

DeLAND, Fla. – A 14-year-old DeLand Middle School student is accused of threatening to bring a gun to school to cause a lockdown, according to DeLand police.

Police said the school resource officer learned of a possible threat Tuesday morning made by the student via text messages with another student.

Recommended Videos



Police said the student planned to bring a gun to school causing a lockdown. No weapons were found and the student was arrested.

The boy is charged with making a threat to bring a gun on campus and commit violence.

Making a threat, even as a hoax, against a school is a federal crime, according to the FBI.


Recommended Videos