Student found with ‘death list’ could be charged

Student accused of planning to bring gun to another WCS school

An 11-year-old Carter Middle School student is facing suspension and possible criminal charges after Warren Consolidated Schools officials discovered a “death list” in the student’s notebook.

WCS Superintendent Robert Livernois issued a statement Feb. 5 stating a female student had the names of several students on a page in her notebook that was titled “death list.” Livernois said the discovery prompted immediate action from his administration and the Warren Police Department.

Warren Police Commissioner William Dwyer said charges will be brought against the student and the case has been turned over to the Macomb County Prosecutor’s Office for review.

“There were 14 names on the list that was discovered in the student’s notebook during class at approximately 10:45 a.m. Monday,” Dwyer said.

“The student was removed from school and is now facing very serious discipline and potential criminal charges,” Livernois said in a letter to parents.

He urged parents to talk to their children and emphasize the seriousness of making any kind of threat, verbal or written, even if the child claims to be joking.

Such actions, Livernois said, will “most certainly result in some level of disciplinary action” from WCS.

“I recommend that you take time tonight to review your children’s student planners, cell phones, and other materials to ensure they are using them responsibly, because the consequences are very severe,” Livernois said.

Warren police are also investigating a Chatterton Middle School student who Dwyer said planned to bring a gun to school Tuesday. The 13-year-old male student was allegedly involved in a fight with another boy in a Chatterton restroom on Monday and told that student he intended to bring a gun to the school Tuesday.

“The student admitted to police that was his intention, but he did not actually enter the school with the gun,” Dwyer said.

Dwyer said the student told a counselor at Chatterton that he had access to two guns and that search warrants was executed at the student’s home where a loaded 9mm handgun was discovered. Investigators are working to determine who owns the handgun.

“These kinds of situations are priority for our department,” Dwyer said. “Last year was a record year for school violence and we take these kinds of situations very seriously.”