Deputies perp-walked an 11-year-old boy accused of threatening to carry out a mass shooting at a Florida middle school after the local sheriff said he wanted to set an example amid a recent rise in hoax threats against schools.
The child was filmed being led into a jail cell and shackled Monday after being arrested at his Port Orange home, south of Daytona Beach, on a felony offense of making a written threat to commit a mass shooting. His arrest followed another student reporting having heard about the threats on social media, according to a copy of the arrest report.
A search of his home recovered fake airsoft guns and fake ammunition, along with knives, swords and other weapons, the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office said.
“He had written a list of names and …