By Associated Press
Gulf Shores, AL – Two Gulf Shores High School students are in a lot of trouble after faculty and students mistook firecrackers for gunfire. The raucous created a panic that injured at least two students and put the school in a lockdown mode for about a half-hour. Baldwin County public schools spokesman Terry Wilhite said Tuesday's prank occurred six months after two teens were accused of planning a mass shooting at the school. Gulf Shores Police said a 15-year-old was arrested shortly after the incident which occurred about 10 a-m. The juvenile was charged with making a terrorist threat, a felony and was ordered held in the Baldwin County Juvenile Detention Center in Bay Minette. He is also charged with reckless endangerment and Wilhite said the teen will be expelled. A second 15-year-old was also arrested and charged with menacing. That teen was released into the custody of his parents. Police said a student required several stitches for a cut on her face and another had a sprained ankle.