High school athlete, 18, ‘threatened to shoot up his school on a Twitter account covered in pictures of AR-15s, and had naked images of an underage girl on his phone’
Ishmael Harrison turned himself in Monday after police released a warrant for his arrest for allegedly tweeting about shooting up Fairfax High School
The alarming tweets from February 21 threatened to shoot up the school saying ‘I have been planning this for months now and now I am going to act’
Harrison, 18, is a senior at the school where he played lacrosse and football and had a scholarship to attend Louisiana State University
Police connected the random Twitter account to Harrison’s phone
Police also say they have video of Harrison using the phone at the time the tweets were published and found 200 rounds of ammunition in his home
He faces charges for threatening to commit serious bodily harm to persons on school property and possession of child pornography
By MARLENE LENTHANG
DAILYMAIL.COM
6 March 2018
An 18-year-old Virginia teenager considered ‘armed and dangerous’ after allegedly tweeting threats to shoot up his high school turned himself in to police on Monday.
Ishmael O’Brien Lionel Harrison raised alarm on February 21 when a series of tweets emerged threatening to shoot up Fairfax High School saying ‘I am coming and no one can stop me be prepare’.
Police connected the violent messages to the Fairfax High School senior’s phone.
Harrison’s home was searched on Friday where 200 rounds of ammunition was found, but Harrison himself was missing.
His mother, working with an attorney, encouraged him to turn himself in.
The two alarming tweets were sent from a random now-suspended account under the name ‘Jason’.
‘Fairfax high school is some f****** s*** and I hate that d*** school so much. I hate apl the people and all the students there you guys suspended me for skipping well F*** YOU FAIRFAX!!!!!’ the tweet said.
It continued: ‘I have been planning this for months now and now I am going to act. Better watch out.’
‘I am coming and no one can stop me be prepare,’ the tweet said.
The tweet even directed the post to media news outlets as if demanding attention.
The profile picture of the random Twitter page displayed what appears to be an AR-15 weapon.
Students alerted parents and school officials when the tweets emerged.
Mother Kendra Harrison cried on TV saying the violent tweets were not sent from her son and she insisted ‘This is not my son’.
‘I asked him more than once. He said Mom I’m telling you I did not do this,’ she said while crying to Fox5.
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