Around the area, there have been social media threats against schools.
Monday night, Ector County ISD became aware of a different social media post, a list of all ECISD schools, as targets for shootings. ECISD police, other local law enforcement agencies, and the FBI actively investigated it throughout the night but were unable to track the original source of the message, ECISD Chief Communications Officer Mike Adkins said in an email.
“It appears to be a follow up, or copycat, that message that circulated through our area for a time Monday morning. Law enforcement did not view either threat as credible, however, we always take them seriously,” Adkins wrote.
“By afternoon Tuesday, the FBI had tracked the message to another region of the United States and thinks the original threat message may even have originated outside of the country. Law enforcement does not consider it to be a credible threat toward schools in West Texas. The investigation is ongoing and criminal charges will be pursued, if possible.”
