14-year-old boy charged for allegedly threatening to shoot up Chelsea faculty

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Prosecutors say the threats have been made after the boy was concerned in a battle with one other scholar final week.

A 14-year-old boy was arraigned Monday in Boston Juvenile Court docket for allegedly threatening to shoot up a faculty in Chelsea final week after he was concerned in a battle with one other scholar, in line with the Suffolk County District Legal professional’s workplace. 

The DA’s workplace stated Chelsea police responded to Shore Instructional Collaborative faculty round 9:30 a.m. on October 17 for a name reporting threats. On the faculty, an official instructed the officers that the 14-year-old boy was concerned in a battle with a scholar the day earlier than throughout which he allegedly attacked his classmate with a hanger. When faculty employees broke up the battle, the boy allegedly screamed, “Lifeless, useless, everyone seems to be useless! Going to come back again with a gun and shoot everybody up!”

The police have been referred to as associated to that incident, however the DA’s workplace stated the varsity positioned the 14-year-old on emergency removing pending a disciplinary listening to. A college official referred to as police the following day as a result of a scholar knowledgeable him that the 14-year-old boy had posted an image with weapons on social media, saying he was going to come back to the varsity and “shoot it up,” in line with prosecutors. 

Different college students allegedly noticed the submit and didn’t come to highschool that day, in line with the DA’s workplace.

“Now we have seen far an excessive amount of faculty violence throughout our nation and people incidents pressure us to deal with faculty threats with excessive seriousness and warning,” Suffolk County District Legal professional Kevin Hayden stated in a press release. “Nobody ought to really feel unsafe or threatened when they’re attending faculty or work. Prevention is vital right here and it’s all the time greatest to intervene earlier than it escalates.”

The 14-year-old boy was charged with making a bomb menace and ordered held on $750 bail and residential confinement with GPS monitoring, apart from an alternate faculty placement. 

The scholar was additionally ordered to avoid Shore Instructional Collaborative faculty and to remain off social media, in line with the DA’s workplace.