WeHo Resident Arrested, School Closed, After Instagram Post of Gun and Bullets

Jonathan Martin, a West Hollywood resident and former offensive tackle with the Miami Dolphins and San Francisco 49ers, was “detained” today after posting a photo of a gun and ammunition on his Instagram account.

The caption on the photo read: “When you’re a bully victim & a coward, your options are suicide, or revenge.”

The post resulted in the closing of Harvard Westlake High School in Studio City, where Martin had been a student.

Martin tagged that school and four former Dolphins teammates, including Richie Incognito and Mike Pouncey, in the post. Incognito and Pouncey were among those Martin had accused of bullying him when he was with the Miami Dolphins. An investigation commissioned by the NFL found that the bullying behavior had a negative impact on Martin’s mental health and made him suicidal. It also lead to him leaving the team in 2013. Martin was with the 49ers briefly, playing in 15 games in 2014 and then abandoning his football career.

Martin’s post comes only a week after a gunman killed 14 students at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla.

Harvard-Westlake closed both of its campuses today.

“Last evening, we learned of an Internet post that mentions Harvard-Westlake by name,” the school said in a statement. “Out of an abundance of caution, and because the safety of our students, faculty, and staff is our top priority, we made the decision to close school today. We are working closely with law enforcement and will share more information when we are able.”

While the incident has been publicized on dozens of social media platforms and news websites such as that of the New York Post, the Los Angeles Police Department, which discovered Martin outside of West Hollywood, essentially refused to discuss it. An LAPD spokesman said that a man has been detained because of an Instagram post and that it is under investigation. He declined to confirm that the man is Martin or to explain the meaning of “detained,” which he said does not necessarily mean Martin is in jail or police custody.

In September Martin moved into a condominium on North Doheny Drive between Phyllis Avenue and Cynthia Street. A resident of that building told WEHOville that Martin’s father came the building last night, looking for his son, as did police officers but they couldn’t get access to it.

Martin, who is bi-racial, also had complained of feeling unaccepted at Harvard Westlake, an elite private school with campuses in Holmby Hills and Studio City, and on the affluent Westside of Los Angeles, where he moved at the age of 10.

““You learn to tone down your size & blackness by becoming shy, introverted, friendly, so you won’t scare the little rich white kids or their parents,” Martin said of his experience at Harvard Westlake in a statement posted on social media in 2015 and reported by the New York Post. “Neither black nor white people accept you because they don’t understand you. It takes away your self-confidence, your self-worth, your sanity.”