PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Port St. Lucie police have arrested a 14-year-old in connection with a bomb threat that was circulating on social media.
Police say that on Sunday evening, they received several calls from concerned parents, who had seen a TikTok video containing a bomb threat to Southport Middle School.
A screenshot of the threat reportedly said, “On Monday The 20th Southport middle Is getting bombed by me Stay home alright.”
Investigators were able to link the TikTok account to a Port St. Lucie residence, and to a 14-year-old student at Southport Middle School.
Detectives say the teen did not have access to actual bomb-making materials and had posted the video as a “prank.”
He was taken into custody five hours after the initial reports of the threat, police say, and charged with one count of Electronic Threats to Kill, Do Bodily Injury or Conduct an Act of Terrorism.
He was transported to the Department of Juvenile Justice.