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   A 12-year-old girl told police that she had made a social media threat against   
   schools that has been widely circulating, St. Paul police said Thursday.   
      
   The suspect “admitted to posting the threats about St. Paul schools and did   
   not have the means or desire to carry out the threat,” police wrote in a   
   social media update. “There is no ongoing threat at this time, but we   
   don’t know if this is the    
   only person sharing these disturbing messages.”   
      
   The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension’s Fusion Center “has   
   identified several social media posts in the last 48 hours threatening gun   
   violence at multiple schools throughout Minnesota,” Jill Oliveira, BCA   
   spokeswoman, said Thursday morning.   
      
   A threatening social media post that named 22 schools in St. Paul, Maplewood,   
   Roseville and Little Canada led two charter schools in St. Paul to close on   
   Thursday. Community School of Excellence and HOPE Community Academy both   
   posted on social media that    
   they made the decision to close “to ensure the safety of all students and   
   staff.”   
      
   Earlier, St. Paul and Roseville police said they didn’t believe the threats   
   were credible. Schools in both districts were open Thursday.   
      
   Official attendance numbers for St. Paul Public Schools weren’t available   
   Thursday, but “anecdotally some schools have reported higher absences today   
   due to the false threats,” said Erica Wacker, SPPS spokesperson.   
      
   “This is not the first time, and will not be the last, that we will   
   experience a threat like this. That is why I am so thankful to have the safety   
   systems that we have in Saint Paul Public Schools,” SPPS Superintendent John   
   Thein said in a Friday    
   email to families. “Trained professionals across our district work together   
   to anticipate, prevent and respond to real threats and rumors on a daily   
   basis.”   
      
   Thein said in the statement that much of the work to ensure students, staff   
   and families are safe happens behind the scenes and in close collaboration   
   with the St. Paul Police Department and other public safety agencies.   
      
   “In the wake of acts of violence targeting schools across the nation, we   
   understand and feel the very real fear families and community members faced   
   when students were sent to school,” the St. Paul school board said in a   
   Thursday statement. “Our    
   buildings are spaces of safety, trust and learning, but when that safety is   
   threatened, we know that the impact is felt across our community. We are   
   committed to working with students, families and leaders to proactively   
   address safety concerns and the    
   communication that follows during moments of fear.”   
      
   The St. Paul school district sent a Wednesday night letter to parents, saying   
   they’d been “made aware of nationwide rumors circulating within our school   
   communities, alleging possible violence at schools throughout Minnesota and   
   the Twin Cities. The    
   information is spreading through social media, primarily on TikTok and   
   Snapchat.”   
      
   During the investigation, St. Paul police obtained investigative warrants and   
   they requested expedited results from social media platforms that carried the   
   message, in order to identify the sender, said Sgt. Mike Ernster, a St. Paul   
   police spokesman.    
   That information led police to the girl’s family’s residence Thursday,   
   where they questioned her and released her to a parent.   
      
   Because of the youth’s age, the Ramsey County Attorney’s Office can’t   
   provide information about whether she was charged or if she will be, said   
   Dennis Gerhardstein, the office’s spokesman.   
      
   Of threats to Minnesota schools, Oliveira said the BCA is monitoring the   
   situation and informing local law enforcement of any threats made against   
   specific schools or communities, along with working with law enforcement   
   partners to try to identify the    
   sources of the threats.   
      
      
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