GROVELAND, Florida—A 12-year-old Gray Middle School student was arrested Tuesday after blue ink foiled her plan to get another student in trouble.
Administrators at Gray Middle School, 205 E. Magnolia St., Groveland, contacted Groveland Police in reference to a shooting threat, according to an arrest affidavit. A 12-year-old girl told them around 3 p.m. she was informed about threats that were written about her in the girls second floor bathroom. The girl went to the bathroom and took a photo of the blue writing and it reportedly stated, “Imma shoot up this school tmr and (girl’s name) XOXO. Love yall. (Girl’s name) ur a (expletive) the school thot (expletive expletive.)”
Inside Lake is not naming the girl due to her age.
The girl, along with several witnesses, reported the threat to school administrators and she said who she believed wrote the threats, according to the affidavit. She said the student made several threats to shoot her because the student believed the girl had called her friend, “fat,” the affidavit states. The girl said she ran into the student three separate times in the bathroom Tuesday, including when she saw the threat on the wall at 3 p.m.
While speaking with the girl, a GPD detective noticed blue marker ink on the girl’s hand that matched the writing on the bathroom wall. The girl gave the detective consent to search her bag and a notebook was found with handwriting similar to the writing on the wall, the affidavit states. After waiving her right not to speak, the girl began to cry and confessed she wrote the threats because she was upset with the student who bullies her. She apologized and said she has hurtful thoughts, the affidavit states.
She was arrested for written threats to conduct a mass shooting and turned over to the Department of Juvenile Justice.
