The minor allegedly responsible for sending potentially threatening messages toward Kingfisher Public Schools students via social media was in custody Friday morning,” the Times & Free Press confirmed.

“There is no threat to the public right now,” Kingfisher County Sheriff Dennis Banther told the Times & Free Press. “That person is in our custody and we’ve got a deputy sitting with them right now. So there is no threat to any staff or students.”

Kingfisher Public Schools sent a message to parents through the Remind App on Friday morning alerting them that school officials “became aware of a social media post referring to a potential threat to KHS for Friday, December 15.”

The threat was made via the Snapchat app, Superintendent David Glover said.

He added that “the student who made the threat was not one who was attending school at this time, but was receiving instruction from home.”

Justin Conner, the school resource officer, first became aware of the social media threat and contacted Glover and all principals as well as local law enforcement.

Search warrants were prepared Thursday night and executed Friday.

The suspect lives outside of city limits, which brought the Kingfisher County Sheriff’s Office into play.

Banther said evaluations will be conducted to determine if the case will continue as a mental health matter or a criminal matter.

In addition to school resource officers already on campus, Glover and Kingfi sher Police Chief David Catron said officers were at every campus location on Friday morning as students arrived at school.

“We had a police presence at all of our sites and took this threat seriously as we will with all threats made,” Glover said.

Glover said although every measure was taken to ensure student safety on Friday, the Remind messages were sent to parents to allow them the opportunity to keep their children home from school.

He said absences would be excused.

Friday was the last day before the holiday break for KPS and that meant semester tests for the upper grades.

“Students who missed a semester exam will make it up upon our return to school on Jan. 4,” Glover said.