Pershing Middle School Bomb Threat

Springfield school police officer Kerri Dutcher interacts with students in the gym at Hickory Hills Elementary and Middle School.

Through a Sunshine Law asking, the News-Leader obtained the incident reports detailing the threats Springfield school police investigated at heart and high schools during the 2017-18 school yr.

Unless otherwise noted, suspects and witnesses were interviewed past school police. In certain situations, officers reviewed surveillance images and conducted searches.

Springfield Public Schools is the largest district in Missouri and has its own police, which investigates incidents on school belongings and generates hundreds of reports annually. Surface area districts are set up differently, making it hard to compare threats of violence from one district to the next.

Not all reports include what happened as a effect of the investigation, including student bailiwick or referrals to the Greene County Juvenile Office.

More:Springfield school police investigated 47 threats in centre, high schools last year

JULY 2017

Hickory Hills — A bus commuter heard a educatee yell "I'll bring a gun to school and shoot all of you." The boy said other students on the motorcoach were calling him names, making him mad, but he was just joking. A subject area hearing was scheduled.

August

Westport — A boy allegedly threatened to shoot and stab a classmate who stood upwards for a girl. He denied information technology. No guardian was reached, and then the boy was escorted off school property and a discipline letter was delivered the next day.
Cherokee/Study — A daughter talking to a boy on the phone allegedly said she was going to "slit his pharynx and burn downwards his firm." She later said she was frustrated simply did not intend to hurt the male child.
Jarrett —A girl who allegedly threatened another girl admitted she said "I feel like hitting people with a bat. I feel like killing people and myself." Parent was contacted and encouraged to seek mental health intendance for the kid.
Pipkin — A male child who threatened to damage a instructor and take out the class admitted he has thoughts of killing people two to 3 times a calendar week. He said he wasn't serious.
Fundamental — A threat made via Facebook as function of an ongoing feud stated 1 girl was going to have her older brothers from some other city shoot ii girls.

SEPTEMBER

Pershing — A student was cussing and allegedly making verbal threats to bring a gun to schoolhouse and shoot teachers.
Glendale — A boy serving in-school suspension allegedly yelled, "Why don't nosotros simply accident up the (expletive) world and kill every person and then all tin live in hell." Sent to the office, he said he was writing a song. He was sent dwelling with a guardian.

Jarrett — A boy admitted he threatened to hit a boy and girl who sit near him, just he didn't know their names or have a plan.
Hickory Hills — A girl threatened to shell up another girl if she didn't move out of the seat she wanted on the schoolhouse bus.

Oct

Hillcrest — A boy admitted threatening to beat up a substitute teacher who refused to permit him sit in the hallway. He was disciplined.
Central — A begetter called 911 after his son received a text from a classmate telling him to bring guns to school. The bulletin read "Don't come up to schoolhouse today" and and then suggested he bring guns or swords to school. The male child who sent the messages was disciplined.
Glendale — A boy wearing a hockey mask in the hallway allegedly said he wanted to blow upwardly the school with a bomb. He allegedly ordered the mask and two airsoft guns online at schoolhouse using a school Chromebook.
Pleasant View — A boy allegedly chosen a classmate names and threatened to beat him up on the schoolhouse bus. The boy said he has an anger problem and the classmate was getting on his nerves.
Central — A male child allegedly sent a text to a girl telling her not to come up to schoolhouse the next 24-hour interval and that he had been researching guns. He said he was kidding. He was disciplined.
Cherokee — A boy who got mad during class because he was not immune to play games allegedly threatened the teacher, slammed his Chromebook on his desk and wrote: "It is my own will to want all teachers at Cherokee killed." He told a school official he wanted all teachers dead because he hates them all and school sucks. He was disciplined.

Nov

Jarrett —A omnibus driver reported a student harassing and hitting people with paper, acting like he was going to dial a educatee, and threatening to shoot several students. The boy allegedly pointed at the driver and said, "He will be commencement."

JANUARY 2018

Pershing — A male child fabricated threats of possessing a gun and wanting to harm himself and a teacher. He said he did not like his life.
Carver — After ii boys argued and threatened to fight in the deli, one male child allegedly claimed he was going to bring a pocketknife to school and had admission to a machete and an assault rifle. He was disciplined.

February

Pipkin — A girl repeatedly threatened to bring a shotgun to school. Her friends told her she couldn't and she allegedly said: "I don't care, I don't similar anyone hither." At to the lowest degree ii classmates reported the threat.
Key — A boy posted on Facebook that he was going to shoot upward the schoolhouse. He said he was joking. Screenshots of the threat were sent to a schoolhouse official.
Wilson's Creek — A boy allegedly threatened to go habitation, get his dad's gun, load it and get to a classmate'southward house and shoot him. The male child admitted he got mad and was annoyed by the classmate. The boy was disciplined.
Jarrett — A boy allegedly threatened to kill a classmate and too bragged nigh committing other crimes, which he later admitted were lies.

Jarrett — A girl allegedly posted a photo of herself with an airsoft gun on Facebook with the caption "snitch killer." She also allegedly made threats on a school jitney. She was disciplined.
Pershing/Study — Screenshots forwarded to a school official allegedly showed texts from a male child threatening to kill a quondam friend and saying he was "strapped." The male child also offered to pay another friend iv grams of marijuana to beat out up the target.

MARCH

Hickory Hills — A boy allegedly said he had a gun in his backpack to become a classmate to stop bugging him. A search turned upwardly a box cutter but no gun. The boy said he'd given up on schoolhouse and was waiting to drib out.

Parkview — Two boys in the deli were playfully "roasting" or teasing each other when one became aroused. They talked about fighting and i threatened to shoot up the school and said he had picked out his outset victim. The boy was disciplined.

Hickory Hills — A male child allegedly asked a classmate how to rent a hit man to kill the choir teacher who took his ear buds and MP3 player abroad during form. The male child was disciplined.
Pershing — A boy allegedly became verbally abusive toward staff and threatened to burn the schoolhouse over the weekend and set on an officer.
Study — In the cafeteria, boys were reportedly talking about guns, knives and smoking and one allegedly threatened to bring a gun to school and shoot another one. The boys were disciplined.
Pershing — A male child allegedly said he wanted to put a shotgun in a girl's face, set her face on burn down and cutting out her guts.
Cherokee — A boy allegedly threatened to smash a Chromebook over a person'due south head and then "shoot up" the school.
Hickory Hills — A boy allegedly threatened to stab a classmate who "pushed him into a wall," adding he had a friend who made wooden knives and he'd brand it expect similar a suicide. The boy was disciplined.
Written report/Jarrett — A girl allegedly threatened to beat upwards another girl through Facebook Messenger, writing "If I grab yous, y'all will die" and using the gun emoji. She was disciplined.
Pershing — A male child received a voicemail from a classmate threatening to kill him when he got to school. A school officer listened to the message and contacted the classmate, who said it was a prank call and apologized. He was disciplined.
Hickory Hills — A boy allegedly put his hands around another student'south cervix and threatened to impale the pupil if he touched his telephone over again. The boy told an officer he was joking around. He was disciplined.
Hickory Hills — A male child allegedly threatened to stab two other students in the back if they did not placidity down. He was disciplined.

Pleasant View — At track do, a boy allegedly threatened to kill everyone in the school. He later said he was existence bullied and needed to stand up for himself and was afraid to go to high schoolhouse. He was disciplined.
Hickory Hills — A daughter allegedly admitted wanting to harm her instructor and others by swinging a pair of scissors around. She was disciplined.
Hickory Hills — While serving in-school interruption, a daughter asked a boy "if you could shoot anyone in here, who would information technology exist?" The boy allegedly made a gun with his hand, pointed it at someone and said "bang, bang." Students were disciplined.
Pipkin — A male child allegedly threatened and tried to intimidate a instructor who he said was making him mad. He was disciplined.

APRIL

Pershing — A boy in problem for having a phone at school allegedly put the phone in his pants and refused to call up it. He allegedly became verbally aggressive with staff and threatened to bring a gun to school to shoot a staff member.
Pleasant View — A boy allegedly attempted to intimidate a teacher afterwards he got in problem for taking headphones.
Carver — Classmates study that a male child sitting in the gym at lunch allegedly said he wanted to shoot up the school considering he hated the teachers. He also allegedly bragged about having admission to an assault weapon.
Study — Two students allegedly called each other racial slurs and 1 male child threatened to shoot the other. The boy was disciplined.

MAY

Pipkin — A boy allegedly threatened to kill another student after he became upset because a student was "calling him gay." He was disciplined.
Study — A girl on the bus allegedly threatened to kill another daughter, telling her "Don't go to sleep or you lot're not going to wake upward." She was disciplined.

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