A Sequim student was arrested early in the morning, Thursday, Sept. 4 after allegedly posting a threat of violence on social media.

Clallam County Sheriff’s Office reports that at 2:15 a.m., staff were notified by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of a potential threat to Sequim High School.

The FBI, according to Undersheriff Lorraine Shore in a press release, was contacted by TikTok after reporting a post with a student stating, “I am going to shoot up Sequim High School tomorrow.”

The FBI provided information that identified a Sequim residence as the source of the post, Shore wrote.

Clallam County Sheriff’s Office Patrol Sergeant John Keegan contacted Sequim Police School Resource Officer Daniel Martinez to start an investigation.

Law enforcement then identified a 16-year-old student at Sequim High School and arrested the teen without incident at their residence around 4 a.m., Shore reports.

The student, later confirmed to be male, was in custody with Clallam County Juvenile Services and released some time late last week, according to Sheriff Brian King.

Due to the suspect’s age and being an ongoing investigation, no further information will be released, Shore reports.

Clallam County Prosecutor’s Office and its Juvenile Court Division could not be reached about a possible charging decision by the Gazette’s press time.

Sequim School District Superintendent Regan Nickels wrote in an email to families that district leaders were informed early Thursday, Sept. 4, of a “social media post involving a threat of school violence at Sequim High School.”

She wrote that the student had been arrested and was in law enforcement custody.

“While the investigation is ongoing, law enforcement has advised our team that there is no known, active threat to our school community at this time and we may proceed with school opening,” Nickels wrote.

Detective Kyle Resser with Sequim Police Department said police officers had a presence at schools out of an abundance of caution on Sept. 4 and remained there throughout the school day.

Nickels said the district, in partnership with ESD 114, initiated its Threat Assessment Protocol, a “formal, research-based process designed to evaluate and respond to reported threats in a systematic, evidence-informed way and help guide interventions to support the safety of students and staff.”

She wrote that “student privacy laws prohibit us from sharing personally identifiable information about students” (and) that student and staff safety is their highest priority and they “take all threats of violence seriously and act immediately in partnership with law enforcement.”

Shore shared a similar statement that “The Clallam County Sheriff’s Office takes all threats to schools and public safety seriously.”

Sheriff’s staff report that the original video has since been taken down.

“We are grateful for the cooperation of TikTok, the FBI, and the Sequim Police Department in quickly addressing this threat,” Shore wrote.