PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. — A student at Dixie Hollins High School was arrested and charged Tuesday for making threats of a mass shooting, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office.

Student at Dixie Hollins High threatened to shoot up school

Isaac Meyers charged for threatening school

Meyers said he was upset after not winning an award

According to deputies, an administrator at the school was notified of verbal threats made by 18-year-old Isaac Meyers at about 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday.

(Courtesy of the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office)

Meyers is said to have made a statement about "shooting up the school," if he did not win one of the senior superlative awards. The report also stated that Meyers said, "don't come to school tomorrow," indicating Wednesday, February 20, due to him not winning an award.

Deputies made contact with Meyers at his home just before 10 p.m. Meyers told deputies that he said those things to a friend jokingly and that he didn't have access to guns, would never do such an act, and never intended on hurting anyone. Deputies did confirm with Meyers' parents that there were no guns in the home.

According to the report, Meyers also admitted to texting with his friend on the Facebook Messenger app stating, "I hate everything and I'm gonna shoot up our school. Everything is wrong. And I wanna hurt someone for it. So I'm finna shoot up the school. — Nothing, I just hate everything and want everyone to know it."

While Meyers said he was joking, parents of Dixie Hollins students weren't amused.

"It's a serious thing then, and that's what's going on in this world right now is hurting people, guns, violence," said parent Frankie Clemons. "You can't just joke around with that."

Meyers was arrested and charged with threatening communications or threats of mass shooting. He has been a student in the district since kindergarten.

Spectrum Bay News 9 reached out to his family, but they had no comment.

(Courtesy of the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office)