Sheriff’s Office takes in teen after guns posted on social media
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Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office deputies were made aware of a Snapchat post at 11:24 p.m. on Monday evening. The post depicted several weapons with the caption “school supplies.”
Deputies began an investigation into who made the post, after working leads and talking to several individuals the suspect was identified and SSISD was contacted.
Deputies made contact with the 15-year-old student and located the weapons seen in the photo.
The juvenile was ultimately taken into custody at 1:35am and transferred to a juvenile detention facility.
Sheriff Tatum stated he “wants to remind everyone that any threat toward our schools will not be tolerated.”
HCSO Chief Deputy Tanner Crump contributed to this report
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