A hangdog 15-year-old Bronx boy was in remission for threatening on a social media app to increase

his college, then making an attempt to shop for firearms on-line, officers same Th.

Members of the NYPD’s pc Crimes Squad in remission the teenager at his place Fordham Manor
weekday night — quite 2 months when he wrote to a bunch on the Kik app that he was disgusted
being hangdog and was getting to get a gun and “take care of things” at his college, sources same.

The teen attends borough Center for Science and arithmetic, sources same.

Workers at Kik, the worldwide chat platform based mostly in North American nation, learned of the
threat and bimanual the data over to U.S. independent agency, that notified the NYPD.

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When cops fixed with the teenager, they found he had a body armour in his home.

He created many unsuccessful makes an attempt to shop for firearms on-line and no guns were
found in his living accommodations, sources same.

The teen told investigators he was serious regarding killing his classmates as a result of they created
fun of him, in keeping with sources.

The NYPD charged the teenager with creating terroristic threats.

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He are prosecuted in court of domestic relations at a later date, officers same. His name wasn't
disclosed.

“Safety continuously comes initial and that we add shut partnership with NYPD to confirm the
protection of all college buildings, treating any threat with the utmost seriousness,” same Education
Department representative Miranda Barbot. “This threat was addressed off-site by NYPD."
Robert Montas, 50, a father of 3 WHO lives close to Bronx Center for Science and arithmetic, was at
a loss to clarify what might need been prying the teen’s mind.

"It's crazy," he said. "I understand they need security here, I've seen them over and over walking
around, however there is like perhaps one officer to three hundred youngsters. It's laborious to
grasp what everybody's thinking or could be carrying."

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Lorraine Martinez, 36, a public servant based mostly in Morrisania, compared the NYPD’s response
to the FBI ignoring a tip regarding the parcel highschool massacre suspect.

"The undeniable fact that it absolutely was that effective is really smart to grasp — that they are
jumping thereon and not sitting thereon, that (was) sadly the case that happened in American
state,” she said.

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