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(CNN Spanish) - In less than a week, the Broward County police authorities in Florida have arrested three young people, in isolated events, for threatening to commit violent acts in certain schools.
The last case recorded was a 16-year-old student from Cypress Bay High School in Weston.
The young man would have sent text messages and emails under the threat of causing a shooting at that school.
Following the investigation of the case, the alleged perpetrator was captured, who faces charges for making false reports of possible use of a firearm and for written death threats.
Broward County officials reiterated that these types of threats are taken seriously and thoroughly investigated.
- They stop a man from California who planned a mass shooting, according to police
Threats on Snapchat
Another incident was reported at Falcon Cove Elementary School in Weston.
A 12-year-old girl sent threats through the social network Snapchat.
Police authorities reported that the alleged perpetrator would have written a list with the names of the students he would allegedly attack.
The girl was arrested on charges of making a false report of possible use of a firearm and for written death threats.
