Ohio (WKRC) A local middle school student’s family reported that a social media post prompted six deputies to visit their home.
The boy posted it to Snapchat with the message, “We’re going hunting tomorrow.” The Forest Hills School District conducted a thorough investigation after learning about the incident.
Dylan Springer and his grandfather routinely go hunting. The middle school student’s mom received a call from the superintendent on Monday night after he uploaded a photo of them on Friday.
“He called to tell me that my son, Dylan, was going to be placed on emergency removal due to a school shooter threat.” Dylan’s mother, Maranda Kellerman, remarked, “I was shocked.”
Officers arrived within five minutes of receiving the call.
“We heard a loud beating on our door, so we opened it, and there were six sheriff cops lined up down our street, in our driveway, and literally around the home. One on this corner. One on that corner. Kellerman added, “There are five of them on our doorstep.”
The Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office said that responding deputies discovered no “threat or offense.” Springer claimed that it had left him traumatized.
“Anyone who knows me well knows that I hunt with my grandfather and do other things like that. So, I’m not the type of guy to make threats or anything like that, especially on social media,” said Nagel Middle School student Springer.
The district stated that a “community member” informed them about the photo. The statement reads:
“FHSD will always err on the side of caution and investigate matters like this thoroughly. In this day and age, we just cannot afford to take chances.”
Kellerman wishes the tipster had contacted them first, or that the district had brought them in for an explanation.
“At what point is it an overreaction for you to send an entire sheriff’s department to a 14-year-old child’s house, and then now, the whole school is looking at him like he’s a school shooter?” Kellerman stated.
Kellerman’s family isn’t specifically looking for the district to apologize, but rather for people to learn to get more information before jumping to conclusions.
