(KATY, Texas) — A Marine Corps veteran was arrested after allegedly threatening to open fire on a Texas high school and zoo after leading police on a high-speed chase, officials said.

Joshua Finney, 38, is accused of sending Facebook messages to a relative threatening to shoot up Morton Ranch High School in Katy, Texas, and the Houston Zoo, ABC News affiliate ABC 13 reported. The relative said he also sent pictures posing with guns, according to authorities.

However, a Katy Independent School District spokesperson disputed the ABC 13 story.

“The Harris County Sheriff’s Office confirmed with District Police that there was no active threat, nor any prior threat to Morton Ranch High School. The information reported in this story is inaccurate,” the spokesperson said in a statement sent to

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