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CCISD police arrest 12-year-old girl for making terroristic threats against middle school on social media

Authorities were made aware of the post around 10 a.m. Tuesday.
Credit: KIII TV

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A 12-year-old female was arrested by CCISD's Police Department Tuesday after threats of violence were made on social media to students and staff at a local middle school.

Corpus Christi Police Department reported the incident in a Facebook post Tuesday and said the minor was taken to the Nueces County Juvenile Center following her arrest. 

Authorities were not specific about the kind of threat made, nor did they name the school threatened.

If you have information about threats made to any school you are asked to call investigators at (361) 886-2840 or — if you wish to remain anonymous — Crime Stoppers at (361) 888-8477. 

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