Fake School Shooting Threat Used To Teach Bullies A Lesson? Texas Teacher Now Faces Criminal Charges [Video]
A Texas teacher named Ricardo Sanchez allegedly thought it was a good idea to teach potential bullies a lesson by scaring them with a fake school shooting threat. Parents were not amused and now Mr. Sanchez is facing criminal charges for telling school students that a shooter would target bullies first.
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Ricardo Sanchez is a criminal justice teacher and he reportedly told classes at Hays High School that a gunman was still at large and a school shooting targeting bullies was possible.
“If y’all have ever bullied somebody else, you’re going to be the first ones to go,” Sanchez allegedly said, claiming he knew about ongoing threats because of his law enforcement background. “If he comes in here and starts shooting, hopefully he’ll be out of bullets by the time he finishes with y’all and sees me.”
When Hays County investigators arrived at the school around 1 P.M. in the afternoon they found a line of 130 students waiting to be picked up by their parents early. Fortunately, the school shooting threat was fake but Hays High School students and parents still panicked at the idea it may happen.
Allegedly, Sanchez’s threat of a Texas school shooting targeting bullies was based upon the real arrest of 18-year-old James Archer, who allegedly threatened to shoot and stab an assistant principal. But Archer was already in Hays County Jail, did not pose a threat, and there were no other potential gunmen known to be on the loose.
According to KVUE, Sanchez is a peace officer commissioned by the Maverick County Sheriff’s Office. Hays district officials says they had already notified staff that James Archer was the only suspect, although Sanchez was not involved in the investigation.
Ricardo Sanchez was arrested on misdemeanor false alarm charges, based upon the alleged rumors started by him. According to FOX 17, he “thought it might serve as a lesson to bullies, but wound up being accused of being a bully himself after parents learned of the statement.” Sanchez was sent to Hays County Jail and remains on paid administrative leave pending an investigation.
