The school district in Illinois said the student “last attended school in December and has a documented history of poor attendance”
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- The Will County Sheriff’s Department in Illinois detained a boy who allegedly plotted a shooting at Grand Prairie Elementary School in Joliet on May 22
- The school district said the unidentified student was a freshman at Plainfield High School-Central Campus
- Authorities said a relative found the boy with a firearm, pinned him down and called 911 stop the planned shooting
A boy has been detained after allegedly plotting an elementary school shooting in Illinois.
The boy — a freshman at Plainfield High School-Central Campus, according to the school district in Plainfield — was detained by the Will County Sheriff’s Department (WCSD) after a relative caught him with a firearm, pinned him down and called 911, the department said on Facebook. His alleged target was Grand Prairie Elementary School in Joliet.
WCSD said the incident began when they received a call on Friday, May 22, at around 12:50 p.m. local time about a “male suicidal subject.” Officers arrived on the scene in Plainfield Township, southwest of Chicago, and discovered a “male juvenile” and a relative…