Full Notification

WHAT: Arrest for Criminal Threats

WHERE: San Luis Obispo High School

WHEN: February 26, 2016 at approximately 1:45 PM

DEPARTMENT CONTACT: Captain Staley 781-7142

On February 26, 2016 the San Luis Obispo Police Department School Resource Officer (SRO) was contacted by the Probation Department and given information regarding threatening statements and photos posted on Facebook. The pictures were immediately emailed to the SRO to review the content. One of the photos depicted a male San Luis Obispo High School student dressed in a trench coat, holding what appeared to be a weapon similar to a Mac 10 machine gun and a handgun in his waistband. All the weapons pictured in the Facebook posts appeared to be real guns.

One of the pictures had a written reference of “Columbine of Duty 2”. Another picture depicted the side of AR-15 rifle with the selector lever pointing toward semi-auto that stated “Don’t come to school tomorrow”. Additionally there were comments under the post which stated, “if ur gonna shoot up the school just do it already” with the student stating “Fu** you… I’ll do it when im ready”. Several other concerning photos were also discovered.

After reviewing this information the SRO immediately contacted high school administrators to inform them of the Facebook posts he received. School administrators and the San Luis Obispo Police Department were very concerned with the threatening nature of the pictures and references made within the posts. It was confirmed that the student who posted the images and was pictured holding the weapons was currently at school. Officers responded to the high school, and along with school administrators removed the student from his class and the campus.

During the investigation the suspect admitted to posting the information seen by the SRO. A search of his residence revealed many of the weapons pictured were actually “Air Soft” guns, which are replica firearms that fire plastic BB’s. In addition to the Air Soft guns several real guns were located and seized for safe keeping. The student was arrested for making Criminal Threats, PC 422, and taken to the San Luis Obispo County Juvenile Services Center and booked into custody. Currently this is an ongoing investigation which may result in additional charges.