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Subscribe to RSSA 12-year-old Long Island boy in New York is undergoing a mental health evaluation after authorities discovered he made a "hit list" of students and faculty at his school, and family members who he wanted to kill.
The boy was taken into custody by police at the Finley Middle School in Glen Cove, N.Y., on Thursday. According to authorities, a classmate saw the boy writing the list Thursday morning and alerted a teacher.
Police searched the boy's home, but no weapons were found. Authorities believe the child did not have access to weapons.
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The boy has not been charged with a crime and is currently being evaluated at North Shore Hospital.
"There's no history of his ever being violent, and we don't think his intent was to make good on the list at all," Glen Cove Det. Lt. John Nagle told Newsday.
A statement posted on the Glen Cove school district's website said officials assessed the situation and "took immediate action to ensure the safety and security of our students and staff."
The boy has been suspended pending the outcome of a superintendent's hearing.
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I guess the police don't consider kitchen knives weapons since they don't make headlines.
This is just another example of the stupidity of school administrators. Even when I went to school in the eighties if a kid was being bullied he'd show them who would have the last laugh by writing a hit list without ever meaning to follow through on it. In this case, he showed them and school administrators gave the bullies what they wanted by getting him into big trouble. Teachers, school psychiatrists and most other school employees don't understand what vicious little monsters kids can be.
I totally agree. What other recourse do bullied kids have when adults won't listen?
There is a kid who is getting the Nobel Peace Prize...and his School is getting the Darwinian Award for devolution. What a bunch of bozos...over reacting to everything. The Boy and the School deserve each other. Did anyone say New York? That, and Alabama, Arkansas...., explains it!
I'm surprised this story made news. The system apparently is working to preclude an attack before one is ever mounted. The list was brought to the attention of the school, which it should have been. The school notified law enforcement, which it should have done. The kid is getting a mental health evaluation, which he should have. He had no access to guns, which he should not have had. This does not fit the anti-gun agenda. So how did it get published?