A threatening post made by a 91原创 youth on social media Monday led to fear among parents and students and the use of a lot of RCMP resources to investigate. In the end, the situation wasn鈥檛 so much a threat to a school or students as it was a poor decision made by a misguided teenager, said 91原创 RCMP Cpl. Craig van Herk.

Parents from one 91原创 school saw the teen鈥檚 post, which included a picture of one youth and a threat of some sort. Parents contacted 91原创 RCMP on Monday and police began to investigate, said van Herk.

Officers managed to track down the teen who wrote the post and also met with their parents. The youth immediately removed the post and there was full discussions with police, said van Herk. RCMP don鈥檛 feel the youth posed a genuine threat.

In the meantime, a group of parents posting online wrongfully identified the youth in the picture and parents of 91原创 Fine Arts students felt the youth鈥檚 post was a direct threat against that school, said van Herk.

鈥淪afety is critical, but this got made into something much bigger than it should have been and took a lot of police resources because of rumours on social media,鈥� said van Herk.

91原创 School District assistant superintendent Mal Gill posted a letter to parents at LFAS saying the situation had been dealt with and there is no 鈥渋mmediate danger to the school.鈥�

He reminded parents and students that rumours spread on social media can hinder police investigations and instill unnecessary fear and panic.