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Former Student of Fort Worth High School Arrested for Making Threats: Police

A former FWISD student was arrested Thursday for allegedly making threats towards his old high school via social media.

A former student of a Fort Worth high school is behind bars for allegedly making threats to shoot up the school, according to Fort Worth police.

A police spokesman said Daniel Gomez, 18, was arrested after making a threat towards South Hills High School on social media. 

The threat was posted to SnapChat and police were notified about 9:30 p.m. Wednesday and an arrest was made early Thursday morning, police said. 

One post appeared to show a threatening message followed by another post with a photo of a gun.

Police said no weapons were recovered when they arrested Gomez. 

Gomez is also facing a possession of marijuana charge, in addition to a terroristic threat charge, police said. 

A Fort Worth ISD spokesman only confirm that Gomez is not a current student. 

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