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A student at Booker T. Washington High School was arrested following a social media post he made yesterday, according to Sheriff Henry Whitehorn, Sr.

The Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Office received a tip this morning about Thomas M. Ross, a 17-year-old student at Booker T. Washington, who posted that he would bring a handgun to school on January 26. Caddo Deputy Charles Daniels, the School Resource Officer (S.R.O.) at the school, was able to locate Ross on campus. After being advised of his Miranda rights, Ross confessed to making the post on social media.

Ross was subsequently arrested and transported to the Caddo Correctional Center, where he was booked for Terrorizing.

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