An Arkansas high school student was arrested Monday after sending a text message about a "murder spree" to another student, officials said.
Mayflower police officer Dalton Elliott arrived at Mayflower High School around 3 p.m. after getting a call about a threat being made at the school, according to a police report.
Elliott spoke with the high school's principal, T.J. Slough, who said a student had come to him after another 16-year-old student had sent a threatening text message, the report said.
The text reportedly read: "Now u know y I try so hard not to just go on a murder spree at school."
The teen told Elliott that he sent the text message as a joke. The teen also told police he has an anger problem and mental health issues, the report said.
The teen was arrested on a felony charge of terroristic threatening and taken to the Faulkner County Juvenile Detention Center, police said.
Superintendent John Gray said he sent a message to parents in the school district letting them know about the threat and that the student had been escorted off the premises and children were not in danger.
The district is not releasing the student's name. He will be subject to a disciplinary hearing, and administrators will decide whether to continue his enrollment, Gray said.
State Desk on 02/16/2017