Florida Student Arrested After Reporting A Fake School Shooting In Hopes Of Going Home Early!

Cousins! An eleven year old student of Marion County, Florida has landed himself in some serious trouble after issuing reports to 911 about a fake school shooting all because he wanted to go home early!

According to Fox 35 News the student who shall remain nameless due to his age; has been charged with false report of a mass shooting, utilizing a two-way communication device to commit a felony, disruption of a school function and misuse of 911.

Marion County Sheriff’s Office state that the incident occurred at 9:40 a.m. on Tuesday December 5th at Horizon Academy at Marion Oaks. The young student is said to have dialed 911 to report a school shooter in the hallway of Marion Oaks elementary.

“Help, there is a school shooter walking through the hallway,” the boy can be heard telling a dispatcher, according to 911 audio from the Marion County Sheriff’s Office.

Dispatcher: “What school?”

Caller: “Um, Marion Oaks.”

Dispatcher: “What hallway are you in?”

Caller: “Building two.”

Dispatcher: “Marion Oaks Elementary or Marion Oaks High School?”

Caller: “He’s coming. He’s coming.”

*line disconnects*

Reports read that 11 year old’s call instantly resulted in a school-wide lockdown including the arrival of law enforcement personnel and specialty units. Authorities confirmed that there was no gunman or weapons discovered on the premises and that no one was injured.

Thankfully, it had been determined that all staff members and students were accounted for. They were able to return to their classrooms after being conducting an immediate evacuation.

Soon after detectives moved to investigate who initiated the 911. They were ultimately led to a student at the school.

A student denied calling 911, noting that he had left his phone including his book bag when he went to the school’s clinic. It was determined that an 11-year-old boy used his friend’s phone to call 911 and report an active shooter, says deputies.

According to the sheriff’s office, multiple people were able to identify the 11 year old as the caller while noting that he told fellow students earlier that day he wanted to go to the school’s clinic so his parents could pick him up early.

The young boy was arrested and transported to the Marion County Jail.

“This student put fear into his fellow students, staff, and parents. And for what? A prank? Because you wanted to go home?” said Sheriff Billy Woods in an issued statement.

“I will not tolerate my young citizens being fearful of going to school because you wanted to be a ‘jokester’ in hopes of going home. The law requires that any person who makes these types of false reports pay restitution for the cost of the law enforcement response which, in this case, will equal hundreds upon hundreds of man-hours. This young man is going to need to mow a lot of lawns to pay that bill.”