Firearms seized after school threat in Merced

MERCED, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Several guns were seized pursuing a menace to a schoolhouse successful Merced connected Thursday, according to the Merced Police Department.

Officers accidental they were made alert connected Thursday of a imaginable threat, made connected the societal media level TikTok, regarding Farmdale Elementary School.

According to police, they received the study aft the schoolhouse had already been dismissed for the day. Officers were capable to find a juvenile who was "playing" connected the societal media relationship and made the post. However, they accidental it was concluded done their probe that the juvenile did not look to person immoderate intent to transportation immoderate menace toward the school.

However, detectives adhd respective firearms were located astatine the location of the juvenile during the investigation. Those firearms were past seized for involvement keeping.

The Merced Police Department says they were successful interaction with Farmdale Elementary School passim the investigation.