Northern Arizona student threatened classmates with ‘kill-list’, police say

COTTONWOOD, Ariz. – A 13-year-old pupil in northern Arizona was arrested after he reportedly informed different college students that they had been on his “kill checklist,” police mentioned.

Academics at Mountain View Preparatory College in Cottonwood mentioned that the boy was threatening college students, and one trainer overheard college students asking him in the event that they too had been on his “checklist.”

When confronted by police and workers, the 13-year-old informed police that he didn’t plan on really hurting anybody.

“It was throughout these interviews officers realized that the 13-year-old pupil was making statements about these college students who had been, and weren’t on this “kill-list,” police mentioned.

The scholar was booked into the Yavapai County Juvenile Detention Middle on expenses together with intimidation, disrupting an academic establishment and making a terroristic menace.

“We additionally need to remind dad and mom to debate with their youngsters that ANY menace of violence at our colleges might be taken severe by college administration and legislation enforcement. These conditions are irritating and it’s critically necessary that folks, academics and college students really feel secure,” mentioned Police Spokesperson Sergeant Chad Sinn in a press release.

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