Indiana police investigate adults who shared hoax school threats [Video]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Authorities are sending a message to parents after arresting students across Kentuckiana for fake school threats connected to social media posts, saying these actions won’t be tolerated.

In Jeffersonville, Indiana, police charged a 12-year-old middle school student for a post saying there’d be a school shooting, and Chief Kenny Kavanaugh confirms more arrests could be on the way.

The 12-year-old is charged with felony intimidation, and Jeffersonville PD has already submitted evidence to arrest another child.

“We’re playing and we’re making games of tragedy that occurs in our country,” Kavanaugh told WHAS11 Friday. “We look at [the fact that] this occurred on the day of 9/11. That’s really sad for this to happen.”

Kavanaugh said his detectives knew early on there weren’t any credible threats at either River Valley Middle School or Parkview Middle School, but he tells WHAS11 they weren’t taking any chances — and that includes making the effort to ensure sure neither of these …