10-year-old student accused of making hoax shooting threat against school in Texas Hill Country

KERRVILLE, Texas – A 10-year-old is facing charges, accused of posting a hoax social media threat against a school in a city in the Texas Hill Country.

The incident happened in Kerrville, northwest of San Antonio.

• FBI Houston received more hoax school threats this month than any in the past 3 years

According to the Kerrville Police Department, they received several reports of social media posts threatening a school shooting at Hal Peterson Middle School on Tuesday, Sept. 24.

The department started investigating and discovered that a 10-year-old student of Kerrville ISD posted the threat to social media with the intent of causing alarm or panic.

“No valid threat to Hal Peterson Middle School existed. The juvenile was charged with Texas Penal Code 22.07 Terrorist Threat, a felony of the third degree,” the department said.

• 13-year-old student charged with terroristic threat against Willis ISD schools

The department went on to say they urge parents to speak with their children about the seriousness of making threats, or posting information to social media that reference violence to schools.

“Remind your children that school threats are a felony and will have serious consequences,” the department said.