Berwick man facing up to 10 years in Portsmouth High School shooting threat

Kyle Hendrickson (Police mugshot)

CONCORD - A Maine man has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Concord for threatening the Portsmouth High School on SnapChat,

Kyle Hendrickson, 25, of Berwick, stands charged with one count of interstate threatening communications and one count of possessing a firearm in a school zone. He was previously arrested on a criminal complaint.

According to charging documents, Hendrickson posted a video to his SnapChat account on April 12 in which he brandished a handgun while in a vehicle outside of the Portsmouth High School. The video includes a text overlay that reads "imma shoot up the school."

School surveillance footage placed Hendrickson's vehicle outside the high school at the time of the video. Law enforcement recovered an AR-15 rifle, a shotgun, camouflage body armor, a handgun holster, a red-dot sight, and numerous rounds of ammunition from Hendrickson's vehicle.

A handgun that resembles the one used in the SnapChat video was also recovered near a motel where Hendrickson had stayed on April 12.

Each charge provides for a sentence of up to five years in prison, up to three years of supervised release, and a fine of up to $250,000. Sentences are imposed by a federal district court judge based upon the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and statutes which govern the determination of a sentence in a criminal case.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation, Boston Division, and the Portsmouth Police Department led the investigation. The Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, the Somersworth Police Department, the Portland (Maine) Police Department, and the Berwick (Maine) Police Department provided valuable assistance. Assistant U.S. Attorney Charles L. Rombeau is prosecuting the case.