Student arrested for posting gun threat

A social media post that circulated Tuesday, Nov. 13, was perceived to be a threat of violence at Fallbrook High School planned for Wednesday, Nov. 14.

The photo in the post on Snapchat featured a handgun appearing to sit on the leg in the lap of a person with the accompanying text, "don't come to school tomorrow fallbrook high."

By 3:30 p.m. Nov. 14, the San Diego County Sheriff's Department announced in a press release that a 14-year-old juvenile who attends Fallbrook High School was arrested for posting the threat and booked into Juvenile Hall.

According to the report by Sgt. Patrick Yates,...