Police: Teen appears in court over threats on Snapchat group to ‘shoot up’ Broward school

A 15-year-old boy appeared in juvenile court on Friday after he allegedly made threats against a Broward County high school.

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According to the Pembroke Pines Police Department, Lucas Gonzalez threatened to “shoot up” Charles W. Flanagan High School in Pembroke Pines.

Gonzalez, a 10th-grade student at South Broward High School in Hollywood, wrote it in a group conversation on Snapchat. One of the students in the group called 911.

A law enforcement team responded to Gonzalez’s home and arrested him, police said. He faces a felony charge of electronic threats to kill.

While in court, Gonzalez’s defense attorney told the judge the student did not have a criminal record and he described him as a good kid who was goofing around.

The judge ordered that Gonzalez undergo a psychological evaluation and a threat assessment.