Middle School Student Arrested After Making Shooting Threats – Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office

Francesco Abbruzzino, The Uncensored Report, LLC

 

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A 12-year-old student was arrested after posting shooting threats in a group Snapchat.

On April 10, 2025, a physical altercation between two Port Charlotte Middle School students occurred, which was captured on video. The video was posted to the social media platform “Snapchat”, and included one of the juveniles speaking on his cell phone and saying “bring the gun ma, bring the gun”. Following this, the juvenile is picked up by his mother.

Around 5:30pm, a group chat was created on the platform, which included both the individual who made the comment about the gun and the other juvenile involved in the physical altercation. The one who referenced a gun earlier then posted a video to this chat of him holding a firearm and making a verbal threat. This individual was identified as Sir’isa Jamaal Woodard (05/22/2012). The video began circulating on the platform, prompting another student to alert the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office.

The student who was threatened was interviewed and explained that he and Woodard had been in a fight after Woodard had an argument with the victim’s girlfriend. He acknowledged that he and Woodard had planned to fight each other at school the next day, but he did not anticipate a firearm being involved. He further explained that Woodard is a new transfer to the school.

Detectives went to Woodard’s home and interviewed him (with his mother present). Woodard initially denied any involvement until the detectives showed him the video, which he claimed was old and the firearm shown was a BB gun belonging to a friend. He was evasive on follow-up questions, offered no credible explanation for the video, and had hid his phone upon the detectives arriving.

“I have said it a thousand times – if you make a threat to any of our schools, whether it was serious or meant as a joke, you will face real consequences. As always, I encourage everyone to report these things rather than repost them or share them online. As you can see from this incident, my detectives take the safety of our community very seriously and we will take immediate action when we hear about an issue of this nature. Thank you to the student who spoke up and to my team for their swift action.”

Sheriff Bill Prummell

The detectives made contact with the friend who Woodard claimed owned the BB gun. The friend advised the only BB guns they possessed were long guns, which was verified by the parents.

As the detectives continued to investigate, they found that Woodard had also sent a message through Snapchat stating “if I get beat up ima start shooting this (expletive) up”.

Based on the totality of the investigation, Sir’isa Woodard was arrested and charged with sending a written threat to conduct a mass shooting (a felony). He was transported to the Charlotte County Jail and will be transferred to the custody of the Department of Juvenile Justice.