A seventh grader in Ohio was suspended from his middle school for 10 days after liking a photo of a gun on Instagram.

Zachary Bowlin was given the harsh punishment from staff at Edgewood Middle School in Trenton after he liked the social media post showing an airsoft gun that shoots pellets with the caption: 'Ready'.

'I liked it, scrolling down Instagram at night about 7, 8 o'clock I liked it,' Zachary told WXIX. 'The next morning they called me down (to the office) patted me down and checked me for weapons.'

He told WCMH, 'I don't think I did anything wrong... Then, they told me I was getting expelled or suspended or whatever.'

The middle school student was sent home with a note to his parents about the cause of his suspension Thursday.

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Zachary Bowlin (pictured) received a 10-day suspension from Edgewood Middle School after he liked the social media post showcasing an airsoft gun on Instagram. The caption of the photo said, 'Ready.'

He said: 'I liked it, scrolling down Instagram (post above) at night about 7, 8 o'clock I liked it. The next morning they called me down (to the office) patted me down and checked me for weapons.'

The student was sent home with a note from Edgewood Middle School (above) officials at the school to notify his parents about the cause of his suspension

The letter said he was suspended for 'liking a post on social media that indicated potential school violence.'

His father, Martin Bowlin, said he was upset when his son came home.

'I was livid,' he told WCMH. 'He never shared, he never commented, never made a threatening post … [he] just liked it.'

His mother, Cindy Martin, took to Facebook to express her frustration with the situation.

'This sickens me! Not anywhere on the boys Instagram post did it say anything about taking a gun to school. This is a bunch of s*** if I ever seen any....... SMH,' she wrote.

'People wake up and teach your children right from wrong and teach them not to blow s*** out of proportion.

'Now 2 innocent harmless boys got in trouble over some pansy cry bag making s*** up!'

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His father, Martin Bowlin (pictured together), said he was upset when his son came home and was suspended. He said: 'I was livid. He never shared, he never commented, never made a threatening post … [he] just liked it.'

His mother, Cindy Martin, took to Facebook to express her frustration with the situation

Russ Fussnecker, the superintendent of Edgewood City Schools released a statement to WXIX that said: 'Concerning the recent social media posting of a gun with the caption "Ready", and the liking of this post by another student, the policy at Edgewood City Schools reads as follows:

'"The Board has a 'zero tolerance' of violent, disruptive, harassing, intimidating, bullying, or any other inappropriate behavior by its students."

'Furthermore, the policy states: "Students are also subject to discipline as outlined in the Student Code of Conduct that occurs off school property when the misbehavior adversely affects the educational process."

Administrators at the school agreed to lift Zachary's suspension after speaking with his parents. Cindy shared another post on Facebook after the suspension was lifted to thank people for their support

'As the Superintendent of the Edgewood City Schools, I assure you that any social media threat will be taken seriously, including those who "like" the post when it potentially endangers the health and safety of students or adversely affects the educational process.'

Administrators at the school agreed to lift Zachary's suspension after speaking with his parents and he was allowed to go to school on Monday.

Cindy shared another post on Facebook after the suspension was lifted and wrote: 'Just wanted to let everyone know that the matter we been dealing with over our son 'liking' a picture on Instagram has been resolved.

'Zach is not in any trouble whatsoever, nothing of this matter will be on his school record, it will be like it never ever happened.

'He got to go back to school, he gets to attend his dance and all other school functions.

'I want to say THANK YOU so much to all of our family, friends and all of you who shared our son's story, thank for all of your support, suggestions and kind words, with​ all of you by our side it made things so much easier to get through!'