2 suspects interviewed in threatening note investigation
Published 1:33 pm Thursday, March 9, 2017
DALTON, Ga. — Two juvenile males have been identified among a group of students who wrote a threatening note found at Dalton High School Monday morning.
Police have not filed charges against either student “at this time,” police spokesman Bruce Frazier said. Charges are still possible in the case, and the investigation is continuing, he said. Police investigators have interviewed the two students, who are cooperating with the investigation, Frazier said.
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The two students have been suspended from school pending a disciplinary tribunal, according to school officials.
Another student found the note on a classroom floor. That student turned it in to the school. School officials then notified the police department.
A copy of the note obtained by The Daily Citizen shows that it was written in at least two different types of ink and three different styles of handwriting. Part of it reads, “I’ve got an AR at home I’ll bring it tomorrow It’ll be the last day anyone goes to school here.” In what looks to be the same handwriting, it reads, “You got any fertilizer and magnizem? I wanna make some really big fireworks 4 the party. (Really big!)” In different ink and different handwriting, it reads, “Go kill yourself PS don’t come to school tomorrow.” In what appears to be possibly a third set of handwriting, it reads, “I’ll look down at them when there crying and pop a slug in them.”
The police “had a heavy presence at the school” on Tuesday and there were no problems, Frazier said. Investigators have been working since Monday to identify the people who wrote the note.
The threatening note led to about 40 percent of Dalton High School students to not attend school on Tuesday. Dalton Public Schools spokeswoman Pat Holloway said attendance was 61 percent on Tuesday, compared to a normal 95 percent attendance. The high school’s enrollment was 1,995 at the start of the school year, according to the state Department of Education website.