Florida police post mugshot of 11 year old after threatening a mass shooting

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Florida police post mugshot of 11 year old after threatening a mass shooting  A Florida sheriff shared shared a mugshot and "perp walk" video of an 11-year-old on Facebook who allegedly threatened a mass shooting. The video posted by the Volusia County sheriff drew the attention of many parents online who are calling for the boy's parents to be held accountable. » Subscribe to NBC News: https://www.youtube.com/user/NBCNews  NBC News Digital is a collection of innovative and powerful news brands that deliver compelling, diverse and engaging news stories. NBC News Digital features NBCNews.com, MSNBC.com, TODAY.com, Nightly News, Meet the Press, Dateline, and the existing apps and digital extensions of these respective properties.  We deliver the best in breaking news, live video coverage, original journalism and segments from your favorite NBC News Shows.  Connect with NBC News Online! Breaking News Alerts: https://link.nbcnews.com/join/5cj/breaking-news-signup?cid=sm_npd_nn_yt_bn-clip_190621 Visit NBCNews.Com: https://www.nbcnews.com/ Find NBC News on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NBCNews Follow NBC News on Twitter: https://twitter.com/NBCNews Get more of NBC News delivered to your inbox: nbcnews.com/newsletters  #mugshot #florida #nbcnews

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00:00tonight, an 11 year old in handcuffs paraded into a florida jail cell. The

00:07video shared publicly on social media by the county sheriff in an effort, he

00:11says, to send a message about school shooting hoaxes. You don't stand up on

00:15an airplane and you'll hijack, you don't walk into a movie theater and

00:18you'll fire and you don't get online and posted. You're going to shoot up a

00:21school. What you're here for today. The video begins with the boy being led

00:26from a Volusia County deputy's vehicle. His hands cuffed behind his back. We've

00:31blurred the boy's face because he's a minor. All of his deputy here right

00:35this way. Young man, he's led into a secure facility where an official puts

00:40shackles on each of his ankles before walking him into an empty jail cell.

00:44Have a seat and sell. We're going to gather up some paperwork and get things

00:48started for you. You have any questions? All right.

00:53Sheriff Chitwood says the middle school student is accused of showing

00:56these weapons, including knives, swords, airsoft rifles and fake

01:01ammunition to other students on FaceTime and allegedly writing out a

01:05list of names and targets. The boy allegedly telling deputies it was all a

01:09joke. The sheriff, adding he publicly shared video showing the boy's face and

01:14his mugshot because the student has been charged with a felony, making a

01:18written threat of a mass shooting, warning other students and parents that

01:22threats real or fake will not be tolerated. Your little cherub. We're

01:27going to start publishing his face and doing perp walks with him when we take

01:30him into custody. And then we're going to show pictures of you, the parents,

01:34because you don't want to raise your kid. Sheriff Chitwood's going to raise

01:37them. Chitwood says 54 tips have come in about shooting threats. All of them

01:41were deemed bogus, adding that this particular hoax cost more than $20,000

01:46in resource response. Law enforcement officials across Florida have been

01:50tracking numerous threats since the school year began in Broward County.

01:54Officials said they have already arrested nine students ages 11 to 15

01:58for making threats since August. You think it's a joke? You're going to find

02:02your ass in handcuffs. Sheriff Chitwood's video drawing more than 1000

02:06comments online, many calling on the boys parents to be held accountable.

02:10NBC News has reached out to the family but have not heard back. Other parents

02:14at the boys school speaking to the local NBC affiliate in Orlando makes

02:19you don't want to send your kids to school. It really does. You don't know

02:22what's going on with the parents. You don't know what's going on with the

02:25people around him, and it's horrible. It's so sad. The tactic perhaps

02:31unconventional, but the sheriff not backing down from his own threats.

02:36Parents get your kids in line or your checkbooks going to hurt your prize

02:39going to hurt. I promise. Thanks for watching. Stay updated about breaking

02:43news and top stories on the NBC News app or follow us on social media.

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