The topic of my story is a about student planning a shooting.The topic of my story is called “The Shooting Threat On Snapchat Prompts Arrest, Suspension. The 16-year-old is a student at Sierra Linda High School, which is part of the Tolleson Union High School District. According to the authorities,a teenager posted a picture on Snapchat that showed all students in the hallway and then added the text “Planning the school shooting.”
Sierra Linda parent,Gabriel Ruelas had this to say, “It is kinda scary. A little bit, ya know? Especially when you don’t know how serious kids are,”. “You don’t want to hear that stuff come around at your kids’ schools,” Sierra Linda dad David Pays agreed. Also, another student in Colorado saw the Snap and contacted the local authorities who then reached out to the Phoenix Police Department. “That’s definitely pretty brave,” Ruelas said. “Ya know, most kids don’t, they just kind of stay to themselves and don’t say nothing.”
The parents of the school had received an audio message from the school’s principal Wednesday.
“This is Mr. Madrid, the Principal of Sierra Linda with a very important message. I want to inform you of a threat that was made to our school through social media and reported to us yesterday. One of our students made a written threat on Snapchat that was seen by a teenager in Colorado. That Colorado teenager reported the threat to her local police department, who then reported it to the Phoenix Police Department. Our School Resource Officer investigated and was able to identify the student. The student was detained and taken into custody. I want to assure you that at no time was SLHS, students, or staff in any danger. The safety of our students and staff is of great importance to us. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me. Thank you for your continued support of SLHS.”
The Police Department told us the teenager owned up to posting the picture but claimed it was just a prank.Therefore,the student was arrested for creating a hoax, and also the school said they do not believe any students could ever be in danger, and threats are not tolerated and the teen has been suspended.
The cops, his classmates and their parents did not think it was that funny at all and it could be real. How does this event affect me? To me,I don’t think that is a joking matter, because obviously if you think about it, there’s been a lot of shootings outside of school and a lot of threats. You never know what can go wrong and because this could happen at my school,and I definitely wouldn’t want that at my school ever in life. Also, this could happen at any school in the world and no one wants that.
Snapchat is a mobile messaging app that is particularly popular with teens and young adults. It basically allows users to send photos and videos that are deleted within seconds. Within Snaps, which last up to 10 seconds, users also can send Stories, which are Snaps that last for up to 24 hours! Although Snaps vanish from Snapchat’s servers, there is nothing to stop users from capturing screenshots of Snaps on their phones.
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