A 14-year-old boy with a family “hit list” has been charged with killing his older brother in Alabama.Photo:Rose Abuin/New York Daily News/Tribune News Service via Getty Images
Rose Abuin/New York Daily News/Tribune News Service via Getty Images
A 14-year-old boy from Alabama who allegedly confessed to fatally shooting his brother, 17, was in possession of a “hit list” detailing other family members he planned to kill, according to police.
On Wednesday, local news outletWAKA 8reported that the Pike County teen was in custody after allegedly killing his older brother on Tuesday. Sheriff Russell Thomas of Pike County Sheriff’s Office told the outlet that authorities had discovered a “hit list” of targets, including members of his family and a school.
Thomas told WAKA 8 that during the investigation authorities had “learned through a friend of his, that he had actually had a hit list to kill his family members… a detailed list of who, where, how, whether it would be easy or difficult.“The sheriff said authorities had “searched the residence and his book bag, and did, in fact, find the hit list,” adding that the boy “intended to shoot up the school, which is Pike County High School.”
Local news outletsWDHN,WSFA 12 NewsandNBC Newsalso reported that police say the “hit list” also included the names of family members that the teen allegedly had intentions to kill.
“He had already proved that he would kill and we were very, very fortunate — and blessed — that he didn’t carry out his plans, and that we were able to intervene and stop all of this,” Thomas also said, per WAKA 8.
Sheriff Russell Thomas and Pike County District Attorney James Tarbox speak during a Wednesday press conference.WSFA 12 News/Youtube
WSFA 12 News/Youtube
The boy “made disturbing and threatening statements to multiple students” before his arrest, Pike County District Attorney James Tarbox said in a press conference shared in the WSFA 12 report on Wednesday.
Pike County Sheriff’s Office did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment on the case.
Pike County Board of Education Superintendent Dr. Mark Bazzell issued apress releaseon Wednesday where he said that the teen “was immediately removed from the school.”
source: people.com
