Bergen County Teen Threatened To 'Shoot Up' School In TikTok Post: Prosecutors

BERGEN COUNTY, NJ — A 14-year-old Bergen County juvenile has been arrested after saying in a TikTok post that he would "shoot up" a local community college, prosecutors said Friday.

The Bergen County Prosecutor's Office said that the teen was charged with false public alarm and making terroristic threats for a post about Bergen County Community College.

Prosecutors said that on Dec. 6, Bergen County Sheriff’s Office received information about a "suspicious post on the popular online social media platform TikTok concerning Bergen Community College." They notified the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Threat Management Unit.

The Unit and FBI determined that the post and comments "included a threat wherein the author was going to 'shoot up' Bergen Community College" on Dec. 16.

Detectives from the county's Cyber Crimes Unit traced the source to the teen and searched the home on Friday (Dec. 13).

The teen was "taken into protective custody and charged with juvenile delinquency," they said, more specifically, second-degree false public alarm and third-degree terroristic threats.

The teen was then released to the custody of a guardian to await further action by Bergen County Superior Court Family Law Division, prosecutors said.

Prosecutors did not release more specific information about the juvenile.

They thanked the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office and New Milford Police Department for their assistance, as well as the Woodcliff Lake and Waldwick police departments, which participate in the Bergen County Cyber Crimes Task Force, they said.