A 16-year-old student was arrested and accused of making threats toward another juvenile in Uvalde, Texas, police said.
The Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District said in a statement that it learned of a threat Monday night on social media via the STOPit app, a platform for students and parents to report threats anonymously, and reported it to police.
After they got the report at 9 p.m., Uvalde police and state Public Safety Department officers "immediately" made contact with the suspect and parents at their residence, police said in a news release.
The teen “admitted” to threatening another juvenile on a social media platform, police said. The nature of the threat was not released.
The teen was arrested on felony terroristic threat charges and taken to a juvenile detention facility. The suspect, a minor, was not publicly identified.
The school district said it will work with state and local law enforcement agencies.
“We appreciate the swift action taken by both entities to address the situation and remove the threat," the district said.
Nineteen students and two teachers were killed in the massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde in May.
The police response to the shooting was met with fierce scrutiny after it was revealed that 1 hour, 14 minutes and 8 seconds passed from the time law enforcement entered the building to when the gunman was killed. Nearly 400 officers responded to the scene.
The police department for the school district was suspended this month in the fallout of the response to the shooting.
