Social Media Post Allegedly Warns Of A Possible Shooting Threat Targeted At Casimir Pulaski High School In The Southside Of Milwaukee

Alleged Pulaski High School social media post is warning parents not to sent their kids to school, and indicates an alleged shooting threat. A 14-year-old male was taken into custody by Milwaukee police for posting the threat in social media.

By H. Nelson Goodson 

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

January 8, 2025

Milwaukee, Wisconsin - On Tuesday, Milwaukee Southside residents began to circulate an alleged threat about a social media shooting post targeted at Casimir Pulaski High School.

Apparently, the original post is undated and Facebook (FB) users began sharing it on Tuesday, January 7, 2025, which also indicates Milwaukee police have been made aware of the social media post threat circulating in FB.

The post doesn't show where it originated from and which social media platform it originated from nor who originally posted it.

According to the FB post, a friend of one of the sisters named in the shared post shared it with her, and the other sister began to share it to warn parents of students from Pulaski.

Today, Carmen High School of Science and Technology (Southeast Campus) is in the Casimir Pulaski High School and share the same Milwaukee Public School building facilities in the Southside of Milwaukee at the 2500 of W. Oklahoma Ave. in Milwaukee.

Editor's note: The @name on the FB posts brings up multiple schools with the name Pulaski in Wisconsin and other states. Without the original post information, it is unclear, which school is actually being targeted for an alleged shooting.

Update: Milwaukee police who became aware of the social media shooting Pulaski High School threat on Tuesday at 8:00 p.m. reported on Wednesday, that a 14-year-old  male was taken into custody for posting the Pulaski High School shooting threat in social media. Police submitted criminal charges against the teen and the Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office is reviewing the pending charges.

Milwaukee police believe the original social media account that the post first appeared originated in Milwaukee.

Police in Pulaski, Wisconsin have also become aware of the social media threat and determined, the threat as "facetious and fictitious communication to meant to deceive or elicit a response."

The Carmen High School of Science and Technology from Milwaukee posted a notice about the threat being circulating in social media in Milwaukee, and according to a Milwaukee Public Schools investigation, the threat is targeted at a high school in Pulaski, Wisconsin.