3 Utah students were charged with felonies after police say they promoted school violence on social media

• 3 Utah students were charged with felonies for allegedly promoting school violence, police say.
• The purported chatter included students talking about a "bring your gun to school day," police say.

3 Utah students were charged with felonies after police say they promoted school violence on social media, following nationwide concern over a rumored TikTok trend.

The kids were accused of encouraging, sharing, or commenting on school violence through text message or social media, according to a Monday statement by Mark Watkins, the chief of Utah's Roosevelt Police Department.

Some of the purported chatter online included students suggesting there would be a "bring your gun to school day," although no guns were brought to school and it was determined there was no threat, the police statement said.

Police alleged that the charged students made threats about schools in the Duchesne School District, according to the ABC-affiliated Utah news outlet ABC 4.

Insider was unable to verify which school the students attended or how old they were. The Roosevelt Police Department did not respond to a request for comment.

A purported TikTok trend involving people making videos threatening nationwide school shootings sparked mass panic last week. A TikTok spokesperson told Insider the company found no evidence of such content on the platform and Insider was unable to identify any TikToks with school threats on Friday.

Still, as a result of rumors over the trend, schools in at least 10 states published statements warning community members about the situation and multiple schools closed on Friday.

TikTok did not respond to a request for comment.