Three Tallahassee students arrested in one day after school shooting threats

One week after 17 students were killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School — and as thousands converged on the Capitol to decry gun violence — three Tallahassee students were arrested for allegedly threatening to "shoot up" their schools.

The Leon County Sheriff's Office said 17-year-old Travis Williams, a student at Godby High, was taken into custody Wednesday morning after posting Tuesday night on Instagram: "I'm going to shoot up amos p godby I swear just wait on 2/23/18."

LCSO and the Gadsden County Sheriff's Office informed the Florida Department of Law Enforcement about the post and deputies hours later tracked down the original device from which it was sent.

Travis was arrested on charges of written threats to kill or do bodily injury and taken to the Juvenile Assessment Center.

Hours later, two more Leon County teenagers were arrested for threatening to start shooting at a local middle school.

Two 15-year-old students at Ghazvini Learning Center's Second Chance also were taken into juvenile custody for making verbal threats to conduct a school shooting.

During the school day, LCSO school resource deputies were told by a teacher that the boys had made statements about carrying out shootings at their school and Nims Middle School.

One asked, “Did you hear about the shooting that is occurring tomorrow?”  referring to Second Chance, according to LCSO. “I might shoot this place up.”

The other boy, investigators said chimed in: “I am going to shoot up Nims Middle School tomorrow and then Second Chance…I ain’t kidding.”

LCSO spokesman Grady Jordan said every threat to the school system is taken seriously.

"It has been before the Parkland shooting and it will be after the Parkland shooting," he said. "We’re very serious about following up and doing these investigations and making these arrests.”

Leon County Schools Superintendent Rocky Hanna advised families to communicate "the seriousness of social media threats."

“In light of recent events, this news is very troubling," Hanna said in a statement. "Anytime a student makes a threat against one of our schools there will be serious disciplinary actions and potential criminal charges."

"We continue to ask our community, if you see something say something," he added. "The safety and security of our schools will always be our top priority."

The arrests come after a Wakulla High School student, Kane Watson, was arrested Monday after investigators said he posted a threatening video to Snapchat. The video showed a hand opening a case containing a rifle, later identified as a Spike's SL15 Tactical Rifle. A caption on the video said, "Don't come to school," according to the Wakulla County Sheriff's Office. Watson was barred from Wakulla County Schools property and suspended until an investigation is completed. 

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