An Instagram post threatened a school shooting. Here’s how police quickly found a suspect


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  • Friday, 23 Feb 2018

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NORFOLK: Detectives tracked down a 14-year-old boy accused of threatening to shoot his classmates this week – not by searching his backpack, room, or even his phone, but by following his digital scent through a crime scene in cyberspace. 

It happened fast, even though they were getting evidence from thousands of miles away. 

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