Lakeland, Fla.-(Newsradio 970 WFLA)-Polk County Sheriff's Office deputies have arrested 14-year-old Dakota Hall of Lakeland for threatening to kill or injure others. Hall, who was recently expelled from Lakeland Christian School, posted two threats on Snapchat indicating he would shoot and kill students.
A student at George Jenkins High School spotted a Snapchat post about students wanting to plan a walkout and a protest of gun laws. Hall posted a follow-up response on Snapchat saying, "I don't even go to GJ [George Jenkins] but honestly this is so dumb, I might pull up and AR-15" the students sitting outside. The student who saw this post reported it to the School Resource Deputy at Jenkins.
Deputies say Hall used the name "Cody" on his post. Hall admitted to deputies that it was his post and his username. He told deputies that his comment was "really stupid."
Deputies also responded to Lakeland Christian after students reported seeing a Snapchat video in which Hall was making threats to shoot at students. In the video Hall is holding what appears to be a wooden toy rifle saying, "guys, so today at school for show and tell, I'm going to bring my trusty AR-15 you know, I'm just gonna walk in and be like hey you're that kid that bullied me and then trip and pull the trigger and I don't know how that happened but somehow I shot 17 people and killed a lot more."
Hall admitted to deputies he made the video, but intended it to be a "joke." He admitted that "some people may not see it that way." When asked what he meant about going to Jenkins to "AR-15" students, he replied, "Like what happened at Parkland High School."
The toy gun Hall posed with in the video was found during a search of his home.