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A 13-year-old Eatonville boy has been charged with four counts of felony harassment. Two of the four Facebook photos he's posted publicly show him posing with a gun. (Facebook photo, image blurred to protect identity of a minor)

UPDATE: 'Kill list' boy released to parents' gun-free home

February 14, 2013 @ 5:23 pm (Updated: 7:50 am - 2/17/13 )

UPDATE 2/17/2013

A 13-year-old Eatonville, Wash., boy accused of compiling a "kill list" of fellow students has been released from juvenile detention.

Pierce County Superior Court Judge Wendy Zicht required the boy to be under adult supervision 24 hours per day and to wear an electronic monitoring device.

Zicht also ordered all guns to be removed from the boy's home.

Prosecutors have charged the boy with four counts of felony harassment. He has pleaded not guilty. His next court date is set for Tuesday.

ORIGINAL STORY BELOW:

Is a 13-year-old boy who allegedly keeps a list of students he hates a danger? What if he has Facebook photos showing himself with a gun too?

A Pierce County judge won't let him out of juvenile detention until she's certain any guns in his house are locked up.

"My son's name is on that kill list," a parent who didn't want me to use his name says. "I can tell you if it were anybody else's child they'd be worried too. My son doesn't feel safe. I don't feel safe. The whole community shouldn't feel safe.

A week ago Friday, an eighth grade boy was expelled from school after a daily "kill list" was found in a recycle bin in his math classroom at Eatonville Middle School.

The list was one of several the boy kept, according to court documents, to categorize the classmates he liked and the students he was upset with.

Monday, Pierce County prosecutors charged him with four counts of felony harassment because some of the victims said they feared the boy would hurt them.

At a hearing Thursday, Judge Wendy Zicht denied a request to let him out of juvenile detention.

As I reported earlier this week, his family has asked for his release. They promised they would monitor him at home and told the court he has never been in trouble before.

The judge says she's concerned about two Facebook photos that show the boy wearing camouflage clothing, and holding a gun. If the parents can prove any weapons they have in the home are locked up, she might allow his release Friday.

By LINDA THOMAS

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  • hpitantso wrote...
    Remove him from guns
    February 14, 2013 5:14 pm
    Boy needs help how about getting him help the parents help, remove all guns or the boy stays in juvenile detention.
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  • Tyrone DeVille wrote...
    Neuter This Sociopath!
    February 14, 2013 9:00 pm
    Now!
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  • Chrisfrommv wrote...
    context.
    February 14, 2013 9:10 pm
    I agree that all guns should be locked up, or if not locked up under supervision, but once again context is the one making this a bigger deal then just a kid making bad decisions. I agree diligence must be taken to determin if this kid is a real threat. However, from contect of the picture I see a tent, bicycles, chairs...this kid is on a camping trip! He is from eatonville so the fact he has a gun and has camo on during a camping trip raises absolutely no alarms. Further the gun is being handle, not the best way, but in a safe manner. His Finger is straight, not on the trigger, and the gun is pointed in a safe direction.
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  • Tyrone DeVille wrote...
    I Believe That Bubba, in Walla Walla
    February 14, 2013 9:32 pm
    could help straighten this misguided youth back to the path of rightousness!
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  • Ron_Spins wrote...
    Great news
    February 14, 2013 10:02 pm
    Now ask the little darling WHY he want's to KILL people at school.
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  • CH wrote...
    Watch the Jack Wagons[RWNJs] defend this!
    February 15, 2013 6:05 am
    13-year-old 2nd amendments rights.
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  • mikey1 wrote...
    bad kid
    February 15, 2013 6:40 am
    Perhaps amputating his hands would help.....I'm just say'n, NO Trigger finger= NO shooting!
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  • Kdat wrote...
    Gotta love
    February 15, 2013 9:01 am
    all you Seattle gun experts. Seattle, Know-It-Alls. I'm glad you’re all corralled in Seattle, and never leave. What a joke.
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  • Hayduke wrote...
    What I want to know is, what are his parents doing about it?
    February 15, 2013 10:38 am
    Did they complain about having to lock up their guns from their darling boy? Have they asked him, "Son, why do you have a KILL LIST?"

    No way this loose cannon should be allowed anywhere near a weapon until at least 3 psychiatrists say it's OK. Eff his so-called "Constitutional rights."

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  • calapete wrote...
    wow, the parents are so selfish they can't give up the guns to ge the kid back?
    February 15, 2013 10:45 am
    they get what they deserve then, a Kid in jail.

    Selfishness or fear? which is it?

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