A shooting scare at a central Florida high school was a “cruel prank' carried out by two groups of students who now face criminal charges and possible expulsion, police said.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — A shooting scare at a central Florida high school was a “cruel prank" carried out by two groups of students who now face criminal charges and possible expulsion, police said.
Investigators said officials at the school became aware of a threat written on a bathroom stall Thursday. School officials and law enforcement reviewed video and interviewed two students who had entered the bathroom around the time the graffiti was discovered.On Friday, two groups of students in the cafeteria “decided to capitalize on the threat" and “appear to collaborate with each other to create a panic," police said.
Detectives have identified students involved in the incident and interviewed most of them. Stories have changed from seeing someone with a gun to “they just heard there was one," the report said.
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