Authorities claim Daniel texted, ‘I bought this,’ followed by an image of four assault rifles, before texting again, ‘Get ready for water day.’<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A 10-year-old boy is being held in a US detention centre after allegedly texting a friend that he had purchased assault rifles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Daniel Marquez of Florida was detained by a judge for 21 days and charged with making a written threat after his friend’s father allegedly noticed a series of concerning texts and contacted the police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Authorities claim Daniel texted, ‘I bought this,’ followed by an image of four assault rifles, before texting again, ‘Get it?’<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The text was understood to be referring to Water Day celebrations at the child’s school to mark the end of the school year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The messages were sent four days after a school shooting in Texas that killed 19 students and two teachers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Authorities claim Daniel suggested in text messages that he would start a shooting at Patriot Elementary School in Cape Coral.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, his lawyer, Douglas Molloy, stated that the messages were intended to be humorous and were misinterpreted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to report, “Daniel was texting a friend and they were going back and forth, a stream of texts about a variety of subjects,” they said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And within that was what I could see.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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