Dallas Independent School District police arrested a Moises E. Molina High School junior for making terroristic threats.
Jose Gonzalez, 17, was pulled from classes Friday, interviewed, arrested and taken to jail Friday evening.
An arrest warrant obtained by NBC 5 shows Gonzales made vulgar threats on Instagram, saying he was going to shoot up the school, and he warned students not to attend the high school graduation.
The warrant also states, “Jose Gonzalez posted an Instagram photo referring to the date May 31 stating 'Get everything ready for the Big Bang.'”
Three students brought the threats to the attention of school staff, according to DISD Police Chief Craig Miller.
The arrest warrant states that a student confronted Gonzalez to see if he was serious, and he said he was sincere and was, “intending to place IEDs around the site of the school’s graduation." The student then alerted an on-campus officer.
According to Miller, Gonzalez was listening to death metal music, which included disturbing images, March 15 when he was accused of posting the threats.
“I think some of this was definitely triggered by this music and videos he was watching,” Miller said.
A letter sent home to parents from the school on Monday said:
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“Thankfully, Dallas ISD Police have determined that the threats were not credible and our students and staff were not in danger at any time.”
“It's scary. It scares me for him, because I want him to be safe, but I'm not going to not send him to school,” parent Debbie Trevino said.
Some parents wish they would have known on Friday when the arrest was made.
“My reaction is that they're supposed to let us know what's going on in school, not to find out from somebody else,” said Marcos Hernandez.
“I just don't really think at 4, or certainly at 3:30 or 4:15 when school got out, I don't think we had all the facts,” said Miller.
The teen is now out on bond.
Investigators said they don’t believe he had any materials to make explosives and don’t believe a search warrant is necessary.
NBC 5's Ray Villeda contributed to this report.
