Teens arrested after posting Snapchat threat to 'shoot up' Florida high school, authorities say

MARTIN COUNTY, Fla. (WPTV) — Two teens were arrested early Thursday morning after posting a threat on social media to “shoot up” Martin County High School in southern Florida, authorities said.According to an arrest report, several students in a Snapchat group saw the post late Wednesday night. It reportedly showed a young man holding a handgun, along with the caption, “[expletive] county I’m gonna shoot up the school.”Those students notified their parents, who then called 911.Around 3 a.m. Thursday, deputies took two teens, ages 17 and 13, into custody. Authorities said the older teen is the one who posed with the weapon.Martin County Chief Deputy John Budensiek said the 13-year-old admitted to investigators the gun was his. When authorities went to his home, they found a loaded black Beretta 92x 9mm handgun hidden behind a dresser in his bedroom. Budensiek said the weapon had been stolen during an unrelated burglary.”They not only made the threat, but they had the apparent ability to carry out that threat if they so desired to,” Budensiek said.According to an arrest report, the 17-year-old told detectives “he took pictures of the gun on Snapchat because he thought it was ‘cool'” and admitted it was “just…
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