Social media school threats send Fort Wayne parents into a panic

Social media school threats send Fort Wayne parents into a panic.

Several threats to shoot up two fort wayne community schools surfaced on facebook this week.they sent parents into panic mode until police determined they weren't credible.the posts have fort wayne community schools and law enforcement working together to get a handle on the problem.fox 55's jentill neal tells us what they're doing and how you can help.

Jentill?hunter, when anybody wants to know what's going on this is the first place they typically go to, but everyone has to keep in mind not everything you see is true.

That's why fort wayne community schools and police don't want you to share post like this.take a look.

Last week parents and students were alarmed when this came across their timelines.> 22:13:50-22:13:50"it actually was before he went to school.

I found out before he was getting ready to go to school.

So i told him to stay home because i'm not taking any chances.""a post saying spread the word i'm shooting up kekionga.

I'm tired of being bullied."this came after another threat regarding southside high school last week.montgomery is especially concerned since she has children at both schools."you hear everyday about the shootings on tv and everyone's like we never thought this would happen."fort wayne community schools alerted parents that the threats weren't credible - but by then they had already spread far and wide.

16:41:21-16:41:59"we hear lots of rumors.

They aren't always involving a threat.

But we hear rumors and so we want to do our best to make sure that when we share information with parents, it's valid information.

We are not going to cause undo anxiety or panic.

We want to keep a safe learning environment.

Part of keeping a safe learning environment is making sure the building is calm."district spokeswoman krista stockman says whenever the district hears something.

They work with police right away.> 16:37:49-16:37:55"the only way we can address the issue to see if it's a real threat is through investigating."fort wayne police sgt.

Jim seay says these kind of threats are always taken seriously and lead to time behind bars once they find out who's behind the post.>"it can range from 1 to 6 years with a ten thousand dollar fine."

Fort wayne community schools has a place on their website called let's talk.

That's a portal where people can go in and send information.

The newest feature is one where you can report a threat.

So they should report it right away, but your first step should be reporting it to police not social media.

Reporting live jentill neal...