CAMDEN -Police are investigating threats allegedly made by a middle school pupil through electronic instant messaging.

The text of a message, which included threatening language, was shown to police by a parent, Lt. Cameron Campbell of the Camden Police Department said Friday.

The teen-ager receiving the threat forwarded the message to a teen-age friend, who showed it to the adult, Campbell said.

Both the alleged victim and the teen-ager believed to be responsible for making the threat are Camden residents, he said.

“It’s troubling,” the officer said.