Teen from same school as Parramatta shooting gunman charged over alleged social media threat
A student who attends the same Sydney school as the teen who fatally shot a police accountant in NSW last week, has been charged after he allegedly threatened a police station on social media.
Police spoke to the boy on his way to Arthur Phillip High School in Parramatta on Tuesday morning in relation to alleged posts on Facebook.
It’s alleged the teen posted a video on Facebook of New South Wales Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione addressing the public about the shooting with the caption "merryland [sic] police station is next hope they all burn in hell".
A police spokesman said the 17-year-old allegedly threatened and intimidated police.
He was arrested at the scene.
He has since been charged with assaulting and intimidating police, two counts of resisting arrest and using a carriage to menace, harass and offend.
The teenager was given strict conditional bail and will appear at a children's court on November 9.
On Friday, another student Farhad Jabar Khalil Mohammad shot and killed 17-year police force veteran and accountant Curtis Cheng at close range outside the NSW Police headquarters in Parramatta.
The Year-10 student was killed by police outside the building after he fatally shot Mr Cheng.
There was a heavy police presence at Arthur Phillip High School this morning, just metres from the scene of last week's fatal shooting.
Students had just returned for the first time since the attack.
A number of students expressed their shock at the shooting incident. Those who knew Farhad said he enjoyed playing basketball and was a ‘nice kid’.
The NSW Department of Education has offered counselling services to students and staff.
