J.P. Taravella High School, located in Coral Springs, was placed on lockdown Tuesday morning in response to a social media threat.
Coral Springs Police say students began to spread a message taken from social media around 8:45 Monday night. Students said a fellow classmate claimed he would bring a gun to school later this week.
Tuesday morning, authorities located the student who made the threat and said he claimed that it was simply a prank, and there was never any intention to bring a firearm on campus.
As students arrived for class, police said they added extra officers at the school as a precaution. J.P. Taravella officials also put the high school on a modified lockdown, which was lifted sometime after.
Police say the student will be disciplined by the school.