According to a press release by the Kitsap County Sheriff’s office on Oct. 1, a South Kitsap male juvenile was arrested for harassment after a series of Facebook posts.

“The comments concerned threats to cause harm at Marcus Whitman Junior High School by violent means, specifically words that indicated the use of firearms and explosives,” the press release read

“A preliminary report of the investigation showed comments by at least three persons, all juveniles, who have since been identified by investigators.”

After the sheriff’s detectives were notified late on Sept. 30, detectives made contact with a 16-year-old male at his residence in South Kitsap. The young man admitted to posting the Facebook messages and claimed that the postings were done as a joke; that he had no intention to carry out any of the threads made.

He was taken into custody by detectives and was booked into the Youth Services Center.

“Threats are taken seriously. We investigate and bring those responsible to court to be held accountable for their actions,” Sheriff Gary Simpson said in the press release. “[The Oct. ]1 atrocity down in Roseburg, Oregon, confirms the need for all of us in the community to be ever vigilant.”

On the morning of  Oct. 1, a mass shooting occurred at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon. Ten were killed while several others were injured.

As of this potential threats, the Kitsap County deputy stated that the sheriff’s office is “pretty much done, now it’s in the hands of the juvenile prosecutor.”