WA 8th grader detained after 'hit list' found

February 1, 2013 @ 6:19 pm

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - Spokane, Wash., police say an eighth grade student accused of drawing up a 64-person "hit list" has been booked into juvenile detention.

Officers who talked to the student after a teacher found the list Friday afternoon in a classroom say he claimed it was a joke. Authorities determined that the Garry Middle School student did not have access to weapons at his home.

The list reportedly included the names of both teachers and students. Spokane Public Schools was contacting those on the list, including parents of listed students.


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  • jerico1 wrote...
    schools
    February 1, 2013 6:53 pm
    The concern is is schools doing what needs to be done! Found jornals from my daughters boyfreind after he left my house in a hurry about he wiil kill himself if he cannot see my daughter,25 journals he will kill himself if it does not go his way! I turned the one in that he said he will kill his teacher if he fails, standwood highschool,nothing this is why we have alot of kids dead!
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  • Snout wrote...
    you forgot
    February 1, 2013 7:42 pm
    an "h."
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