Following a disturbing video circulating on social media showing a masked gunman threatening to kill students and teachers affiliated with Stella Maris Preparatory School, the institution says several enhanced security measures have been implemented to protect members of the school community.

In an email sent to parents and guardians on Friday afternoon at 3:44 p.m., Principal Sister Mary Joseph said consultations were held with members of the Constant Spring Police, officers from the Community Safety and Security Branch and Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Dennis Brooks, Senior Communications Strategist at the Jamaica Constabulary Force.

The principal said the school’s board chairman, Emile Lafayette, directed that a series of precautionary measures be introduced effective Monday, May 11.