San Diego

Threat Written on Wall at Patrick Henry High School

A student who posted a threatening message inside a San Diego-area school did it as a joke, the principal told parents in an email Thursday.

The threat was written on a wall at Patrick Henry High School before 9 a.m. Wednesday.

Principal Listy Gillingham told parents it was โ€œa threatening, ugly messageโ€ written near the schoolโ€™s racquetball courts.

โ€œIt stated, โ€˜Iโ€™m going to shoot up the school on 5/12/17 Fโ€ฆ PHHS,โ€™ Gillingham said in an email sent to parents on Thursday.

School officials shared a photo of the threat with San Diego police. Detectives found the student who wrote the message and determined there was no viable threat to faculty or students.

โ€œThe student is very remorseful and did it as a joke, they were not angry at the school in any way,โ€ Gillingham wrote. โ€œThe student realized later in the day that they made a serious mistake, but was too afraid to come forward.โ€

The school will be open to students Friday.

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