Florida Sheriff Perp-Walks 11-Year-Old To Set Example After Alleged School Shooting Threat

Deputies perp-walked an 11-year-old boy accused of threatening to carry out a mass shooting at a Florida middle school after the local sheriff said he wanted to set an example amid a recent rise in hoax threats against schools.

The child was filmed being led into a jail cell and shackled Monday after being arrested at his Port Orange home, south of Daytona Beach, on a felony offense of making a written threat to commit a mass shooting. His arrest followed another student reporting having heard about the threats on social media, according to a copy of the arrest report.

A search of his home recovered fake airsoft guns and fake ammunition, along with knives, swords and other weapons, the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office said.

“He had written a list of names and targets. He says it was all a joke,” Sheriff Michael Chitwood said in a Facebook post.

Along with the video, Chitwood posted the boy’s mugshot and full name. HuffPost is not identifying the child due to his age and because he is not being charged as an adult.

Juvenile court records are typically exempt from public release in the state of Florida, according to The Associated Press. One exception is if the child is charged with a felony, as is the case of the boy arrested Monday.

No additional charges are pending against him or anyone else at this point, a spokesperson for the sheriff’s office told HuffPost Tuesday.

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