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Prosecutors want man accused of making mass shooting threat against son’s Tampa school to stay in jail

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Hillsborough County prosecutors told a judge on Wednesday that they want the man accused of threatening to carry out a mass shooting at his son's South Tampa elementary school to be held in jail until his trial. According to court documents, Esteban del Valle sent a text message to the boy's mother last Friday indicating he was on his way to Gorrie Elementary School and that he would be the one to "shoot that [expletive] up," adding, "no kids, all teachers.


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