Hawthorne, however, said investigators found all the talk going around the High School was nothing more than rampant rumors. More: Here’s what can happen if a student threatens or commits violence on campus The report also described allusions to sexual assault of female students and said that at least two girls had obtained "no contact orders" against the person he was writing about. there are several girls in my class that he wants to shoot, stab or cut into pieces." The report said the student in question had discussed harming himself and "has had very in depth discussions with me before about killing other people. In what appeared to be a document that the student prepared for review by a School District authority figure or figures, the report described the student seen as a possible threat to himself and others as a "very aggressive, rash person who often loses control of himself when he gets angry." One student's compiled "report," which was later shared with the News Journal, goes into excruciating detail about statements made by the student alleged to have been the one inspiring fear among classmates. More: Administrators: Students having sex on Santa Rosa County school grounds is growing problem Gulf Breeze Police Chief Rick Hawthorne said the school had chosen to handle follow up to the investigation internally and counselors had set up interviews with everyone involved in the "message of a violent nature" investigation. Gulf Breeze High School Principal Daniel Brothers did not return a phone call seeking comment. Asked for more information, Shepherd declined, citing the School District's required compliance to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act that protects confidential student information and records. It said nothing about whether the student had been removed from the school or whether counseling was being provided to impacted students, including the one implicated in making threats. It found "the allegation mentioned" was unfounded and no threat to the school or students existed. Shepherd's statement said that school and district administrators, along with the Gulf Breeze Police officer employed as the High School resource officer "quickly and thoroughly" conducted an investigation in response to the Snapchat message. "At no point was there mention of a threat against the school or school shooting," said the message, which School District spokeswoman Tonya Shepherd shared with the News Journal Friday as part of a statement released by the district. More: Witness: Florida massacre suspect made threats about school On Thursday the School District circulated via phone message a notification that said on Wednesday Gulf Breeze High School administrators had been made aware of a Snapchat "message of a violent nature" circulating among students.
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