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A 13-year-old Chesterton Middle School student in Valparaiso, Indiana was arrested Thursday after an ill-advised interaction with Apple’s iPhone voice assistant: presumably as a joke, the boy told Siri “I am going to shoot up a school." Siri then replied with an actual list of schools nearby. After he posted “a screenshot of the inquiry and response on social media,” police arrested and charged him with intimidation.
Valparaiso officers determined the boy made no direct threat to a specific person, school or school system and that he had no access to weapons — ultimately stating the picture was posted on social media as a joke. “The threat is not believed to be credible at this time; however, these types of communications are taken very seriously by the Valparaiso Police Department and our community,” police stated in a news release.
Valparaiso officers determined the boy made no direct threat to a specific person, school or school system and that he had no access to weapons — ultimately stating the picture was posted on social media as a joke. “The threat is not believed to be credible at this time; however, these types of communications are taken very seriously by the Valparaiso Police Department and our community,” police stated in a news release.