WARREN (WWJ) -- Two young Macomb County students are expected to face charges in connection with alleged school threats at two schools this week.
WWJ's Charlie Langton reports the first case involves an 11--year-old girl who's in the 6th grade at Carter Middle School in Warren.
It's alleged that the child created a "death list" in a notebook which included 14 students' names. The list was discovered on Monday, according to Warren police.
School administrators suspended the girl, who is now waiting for a mental health exam, police said.
In the second case, at Chatterton Middle School, also in Warren, police said a 13-year-old student was arrested after he allegedly threatened to bring a gun to school.
According to police, the boy sent the threats to a student he'd gotten into a fight with on Monday.
When investigators when to the boy's home, they found a 9mm handgun and BB replica firearm, police said.
These incidents come the same week a jury found the mother of the Oxford High School mass shooter guilty of four counts of involuntary manslaughter in connection with her son's killing of four students in November, 2021.
With that in mind, Warren Police Commissioner Bill Dwyer says that not only is he looking at these middle school students, he's also looking at the parents for possible charges.
Dwyer said he wants to remind parents, especially following the Jennifer Crumbley verdict, to keep a careful eye on what their kids are up to.
"Parents have to take more responsibility; that's the bottom line," Dwyer told Langton.
"I mean, they're responsible for their children. And now that the precedent has been said that the parents can be charged with felony crimes such as manslaughter. they better... just kind of putting them on notice, really," Dwyer said.
Dwyer said, while these investigations re still ongoing, at this point in these cases he anticipates asking the Macomb County Prosecutor for charges against both of these students.
All students in Metro Detroit and across the state are urged to report any threats of suspicious behavior. If students are uncomfortable reporting to school administrators or police directly, they can share information confidentially through the state of Michigan's OK-2-SAY "tip line" at 855-565-2729, or by texting OK2SAY.
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