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Fight at Atlanta high school leads to death threat on Facebook Live

A mother says teens used Facebook Live to threaten her daughter with guns at school.
By Raisa Habersham
Dec 20, 2017

An Atlanta high school was placed on lockdown Tuesday after a fight on campus led to social media death threats against a student.

The mother of the threatened Booker T. Washington High School student told Channel 2 Action News her daughter and another student got into a fight at the school.

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Things escalated when the student and her brother went on Facebook Live and threatened to kill the girl while aiming a gun at the camera, Channel 2 reported.

MORE: Cops: Teen posted social media threat aimed at high school

The southwest Atlanta school was placed on lockdown while Atlanta Public Schools investigated the threats.

"The APS police department is investigating the altercation, including allegations of threats on social media following the incident,” APS said in a statement to the news station.

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Raisa Habersham is the Intown Atlanta hyperlocal reporter for The Atlanta-Journal Constitution.

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