CORRECTION: A previous version of this story erroneously said a student was in custody. Cincinnati police said no one is in custody at this time.
An investigation is ongoing after a student allegedly made a threat to "shoot up" the School for Creative and Performing Arts on Thursday, according to Cincinnati police spokesperson Lt. Jonathan Cunningham.
Police said officers were alerted to the post, which was made around 10 p.m. Thursday night.
"Im gonna shoot up scpa tomorrow be ready scpa students," the post, made on Snapchat, reads.
WATCH: We spoke with a parent and expert about school threats
In a statement, Cincinnati Public Schools said administrators notified police, who identified the student responsible.
"The student and family have cooperated with the investigation. Based on CPD’s review, there was no plan to carry out the threat and no means to do so," CPS said in part in a statement.
A SCPA mother who didn't want to be identified tells WCPO 9 her daughter was hesitant to attend school on Friday following the threat.
"No one should have to be worried about this while getting an education. Something that made me sad this morning was that my child had mentioned that when I was in school, we didn't have school shooting drills, which made me sad to realize that that's an everyday part of her life," she said.
School resource officers are on site at the school Friday.
We reached out to Dr. Kenneth Trump, president of the National School Safety and Security Services, about protocols schools must follow in these situations.
"School leaders need to have three things in place. Number one: threat assessment teams, protocols, and training. Number two, heightened security procedures, to reassure people and to have safer settings when a threat occurs. And number three, crisis communications plans so that they're getting accurate, timely information out to students, staff, and parents," said Trump.
According to Trump, we're seeing more school shooting threats than ever in the last four decades.
"School leaders can do an excellent job in managing the investigation of the incident or the threat, but if you drop the ball in communications, you risk losing the trust and confidence of your school community, and that just creates more anxiety and uncertainty for parents, staff, and students," said Trump.
