Walker County Sheriff’s Office Say A Juvenile Could Face Terroristic Charges After Instagram Posting About Potential Shootings At Ridgeland High School

WALKER COUNTY, GA, (WDEF)-An Instagram posting spread fear among some Ridgeland High Schoolers and their parents.

It mentions threats,shootings and hate wars and authorities are not taking it lightly.

Sheriff Steve Wilson, Walker County,"A suspect a former student who we are looking at that we believe is responsible for this social media post that has caused so much fear in parents and students"

Sheriff Wilson added whoever is responsible could end up in juvenile court.

Sheriff Steve Wilson, Walker County,"Terroristic threats, disruption of a school facility, the suspect is a juvenile and we will not be releasing that name"

It all started on social media Monday evening and by Tuesday afternoon school and law enforcement officials got involved with some students refusing to come to school.

Damon Raines, Walker County schools superintendent,"What happened in Washington State recently you can understand the fear and the anxiety so I am a parent as well"

Christian Gentry, 10th Grader,"I talked to my mom and she was like if you see anything strange walk the other way, don’t linger just in case it does happen"

Ridgeland High Principal Glen Brown says the school did all they could to make sure students were safe in the last 24 hours.

Glen Brown, Ridgeland High Principal,"We immediately involved Walker County Sheriff’s deputies in this and sent out a school cast call yesterday evening"

Concerned text messages were shared to us by a parent after they heard the following cast call from Principal Brown.

"When people take advantage of such heinous situations as the recent tragedy in Washington State to cause fear and panic among others."

Staff say Ridgeland High’s SRO played a major role in making sure the students were informed and reassured.