Drawing of school shooting found in student's homework leads to felony charges

Credit: NBC News via Gulf County Sheriff's Office

Robert Paul Alexander Edwards (Credit: NBC News via Gulf County Sheriff's Office)

Credit: NBC News via Gulf County Sheriff's Office

A drawing in a child's homework assignment led to the arrest of a man accused of making a violent written threat.

The drawing depicts a gunman shooting people outside of a burning school building. The words "Pew, Pew, Pew" are written next to the gunman.

Authorities arrested Robert Paul Alexander Edwards, 33, of Mexico Beach, Fla. on Friday accused of making the drawing.

Edwards is charged with making a written threat to kill or do bodily injury, a second-degree felony, Gulf County Sheriff Mike Harrison said.

NBC News reports that the student wasn't identified, and authorities determined that it was Edwards who drew the image, not the student.  The drawing was found by school staff in the homework of a student at Port St. Joe Elementary School.

Harrison said he had no reason to believe that Edwards intended to carry through on the written threat.

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