Edmond student arrested after threats

EDMOND — An Edmond Santa Fe High School student has been arrested after reportedly making shooting threats against the school.

Bryson Burnett, 1 8, was arrested Friday afternoon on felony complaints of making a hoax terroristic threat, using a computer to cause fear and false impersonation. All three felony complaints are violations of the Oklahoma Antiterrorism Act.

Officers identified Burnett as the source of two threatening posts made on social media Wednesday and Friday morning. Sgt. James Hamm said Burnett used a Snapchat account impersonating another Santa Fe student to make shooting threats against the school.

Burnett made the posts in hopes of getting t he other student in trouble, though the other student wasn't involved in the threats, Hamm said. He had a knife at the time of his arrest but no firearms.

On Wednesday, Burnett reportedly posted a Snapchat saying“time to shoot up the school” while using an Edmond Santa Fe filter, which indicates the person's geographic location. Hamm said Burnett made a similar post Friday morning, saying it was time to shoot up the school “and this time I'm not joking. It's for real."

Superintendent Br et Towne said the arrested student “will not be returning to the school.”

Officers originally believed the first post came from a Santa Fe student attending Francis Tuttle Technology Center. This moved the case to the jurisdiction of the Oklahoma County sheriff's office instead of Edmond police.

A sheriff's office spokesman said Wednesday that deputies realized the student at Francis Tuttle wasn't responsible for the post. Edmond police investigated the second post Friday morning.

Santa Fe school resource officers, an Edmond police detective and school staff identified Burnett after the second post, Hamm said.

Principal Jason Haynes notified parents, students and staff of the arrest Friday afternoon.

“Expedience and accuracy, along with careful cooperation with the police, have been second only to the safety provided for the Santa Fe campus today ,” Haynes wrote. “Finally, please be reminded that threats, whether in person or via social media, are never taken lightly. Hoax threats are still threats, and as such are addressed with serious consequences.”