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| California |
| 2020-03-04 |
| [NYPOST] A Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party, teen threatened to a "take a gun and start a massacre" at his former high school, police said. Devin Harper, 18, was arrested after a woman told police late Friday that her son had spotted an alarming post on social media, Montebello police said in a statement. "A male subject posted on Instagram that he was going to take a gun and start a massacre at Montebello High School on Monday," the statement read. "The reporting party then showed the officers the Instagram post, which they were able to see and confirm the threats." Cops later located Harper, who denied posting the threat. He then told officers that he was unable to access his Instagram profile, police said. Harper, who previously attended the 3,400-student public school east of Los Angeles, was expelled from Montebello High School two years ago for making similar statements. He was taken into custody on a charge of making a criminal threat, police said. There are no additional credible threats to the high school, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department tweeted Monday. The agency’s East Los Angeles station is coordinating with surrounding departments to "boost patrol" near the school, sheriff officials said. |
| Posted by:Fred |