Long Beach police took a middle school student into custody on Friday after she allegedly made a threat against Marshall Middle School on the internet.
A parent on Thursday alerted school officials to social media posts they were concerned about. Officers went to the school Friday morning and interviewed witnesses about the incident, Detective Jennifer Arzola said on Saturday.
“Detectives were able to identify the person who created the account and took a 12-year-old female student at Marshall Middle School into custody,” Arzola said. “Detectives do not believe there is any threat to the school.”
Police could not immediately say what the social media posts were, but the Press-Telegram reported that two Instagram accounts had photos with guns with the dates Jan. 28 and Feb. 1 and said “Get ready.” One account posted two additional temporary photos with threatening messages, according to the P-T.
Anyone who has information regarding the recent threats is urged to call Violent Crimes Detectives at 562-570-7250.