Social Media Threat: Hoover Schools, Police Investigate

HOOVER, AL — Hoover City Schools and the Hoover Police Department are investigating a threat made against the schools system via social media Thursday night. School officials released a statement Friday saying they believe the threat is without merit.

"Last night a social media threat was made against our district," superintendent Dee Fowler said in a statement Friday morning. "The Hoover Police Department and our security team have been investigating through the night and believe that the threat is not imminent and the credibility is questionable."

Fowler added, "We take all threats seriously. We will share more information as we can, but in the meantime please know that we are investigating and making the security of our students and our staff top priority."

The threat reportedly was posted by Instagram account @powertoppl109, claiming that 10 players from Spain Park would be targeted at the Thompson game on September 10 and five Hoover High School players would be targeted for the October 10 Hewitt-Trussville game.

Instagram removed the posts, but not before screenshots of the threats were captured.