14-year-old arrested for threatening high school shooting on Roblox

A 14-year-old Clay High School student was arrested Wednesday after authorities traced an alleged threat to carry out a mass shooting at the school to a Roblox account, Green Cove Springs police said.

The FBI forwarded a tip about the online threat to the Green Cove Springs Police Department on Wednesday.

Investigators identified the Roblox user as a student who lives within the Green Cove Springs city limits, according to a police news release.

Police said their investigation led to the student’s arrest.

The teen was taken to the Duval Regional Juvenile Detention Center.

The department did not release the student’s name or describe the wording of the threat.

Its statement also did not say when the threat was posted, whether the student had access to weapons or whether investigators found evidence of a plan to carry it out.

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