A 10-year-old boy is being held in a detention centre after sending a friend a text referencing handguns, which authorities took to be a threat to stage a school shooting
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But Douglas Molloy, Daniel’s lawyer, insists the messages, which were sent just came just four days after the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, have been taken out of context, the Daily Mail reports. After arresting Daniel, Lee County Sheriff’s Office released his name, mugshot and footage of him being hauled off by deputies with the warning that ‘fake threats’ result in ‘real consequences.’
In a radio interview Carmine Marceno, Lee County Sheriff said his team did not ‘wait one second,’ adding, ‘We investigate every threat as if it’s real.’‘While I understand the boy is 10 years old, his brain’s not fully developed. He’s a juvenile.
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