Overview
- The message reading "school shooting Feb. 4" with a smiley face was found on a restroom wall at Indian Trails Middle School.
- A school resource deputy and administrators quickly identified the student, triggering an immediate investigation by the sheriff’s office.
- The student told investigators she was dared online to write the threat and said she did not expect it to be taken seriously.
- She was charged with making a written threat to commit a mass shooting or terrorism act, then taken to the county detention facility and transferred to the Department of Juvenile Justice.
- Flagler Schools’ superintendent and the sheriff emphasized zero tolerance for threats, credited school resource deputies for the rapid response, and urged parents to monitor online activity and call 911 for immediate threats.