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In what has become a chillingly familiar event across the country, school authorities in eastern Washington recently discovered a gun and a knife in the backpack of a student. But what stunned the small town of Colville was whom the backpack belonged to: a 10-year-old student at Fort Colville Elementary School.

School authorities said TWO FIFTH-GRADE BOYS PLANNED TO USE THE WEAPONS TO LURE ANOTHER STUDENT OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL AND KILL HER "BECAUSE SHE WAS REALLY ANNOYING."

The boys last week confessed to plans to harm an additional six students at the school.

"This was a plan. And it was a plan to kill," Stevens County prosecuting attorney Timothy Rasmussen said Thursday.

Rasmussen said he would argue that the 10-year-old and his 11-year-old codefendant be held criminally responsible on charges of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder and witness tampering - a charge filed after authorities said the boys promised to pay $80 to a student if he agreed not to tell anyone about the plot....

When questioned separately shortly after the weapons were discovered, the boys admitted their plot, authorities said. "I WAS GOING TO KILL HER WITH THE KNIFE AND [THE OTHER BOY] WAS SUPPOSED TO USE THE GUN TO KEEP ANYONE FROM TRYING TO STOP ME OR MESS UP OUR PLAN," the older boy told detectives.

When shown a class list, the boy identified six other classmates who were targeted.

The older boy said he had been friends with the girl for several months "but that he hated her now." HE SAID THE GIRL "HAD RECENTLY BECOME RUDE AND WOULD PICK ON HIM."

"The plan was nipped in the bud by other students who saw something and said something," said Colville School Supt. Mike Cashion....

At a community meeting Wednesday night, Cashion said ONE PARENT...ASKED WHETHER AUTHORITIES WOULD ENTERTAIN THE POSSIBILITY OF PROVIDING TEACHERS WITH GUNS IN THE CLASSROOM...Cashion said he responded that the option was under consideration by the Legislature, but that most teachers weren't trained to use guns.

"I TOLD THEM I CAN'T IMAGINE A TEACHER TAKING A GUN OUT, LEVELING IT AT A FIFTH-GRADER AND KILLING THEM," he said. "IT'S THE ANTITHESIS OF WHAT WE ARE."

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Kids learn the darndest things from watching the TV news...

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In what has become a chillingly familiar event across the country, school authorities in eastern Washington recently discovered a gun and a knife in the backpack of a student. But what stunned the small town of Colville was whom the backpack belonged to: a 10-year-old student at Fort Colville Elementary School.

School authorities said TWO FIFTH-GRADE BOYS PLANNED TO USE THE WEAPONS TO LURE ANOTHER STUDENT OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL AND KILL HER "BECAUSE SHE WAS REALLY ANNOYING."

The boys last week confessed to plans to harm an additional six students at the school.

"This was a plan. And it was a plan to kill," Stevens County prosecuting attorney Timothy Rasmussen said Thursday.

Rasmussen said he would argue that the 10-year-old and his 11-year-old codefendant be held criminally responsible on charges of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder and witness tampering - a charge filed after authorities said the boys promised to pay $80 to a student if he agreed not to tell anyone about the plot....

When questioned separately shortly after the weapons were discovered, the boys admitted their plot, authorities said. "I WAS GOING TO KILL HER WITH THE KNIFE AND [THE OTHER BOY] WAS SUPPOSED TO USE THE GUN TO KEEP ANYONE FROM TRYING TO STOP ME OR MESS UP OUR PLAN," the older boy told detectives.

When shown a class list, the boy identified six other classmates who were targeted.

The older boy said he had been friends with the girl for several months "but that he hated her now." HE SAID THE GIRL "HAD RECENTLY BECOME RUDE AND WOULD PICK ON HIM."

"The plan was nipped in the bud by other students who saw something and said something," said Colville School Supt. Mike Cashion....

At a community meeting Wednesday night, Cashion said ONE PARENT...ASKED WHETHER AUTHORITIES WOULD ENTERTAIN THE POSSIBILITY OF PROVIDING TEACHERS WITH GUNS IN THE CLASSROOM...Cashion said he responded that the option was under consideration by the Legislature, but that most teachers weren't trained to use guns.

"I TOLD THEM I CAN'T IMAGINE A TEACHER TAKING A GUN OUT, LEVELING IT AT A FIFTH-GRADER AND KILLING THEM," he said. "IT'S THE ANTITHESIS OF WHAT WE ARE."

Murder plot allegation against fifth-graders stuns Washington town

Kids learn the darndest things from watching the TV news...

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ORIGINAL: Fightdirecto

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In what has become a chillingly familiar event across the country, school authorities in eastern Washington recently discovered a gun and a knife in the backpack of a student. But what stunned the small town of Colville was whom the backpack belonged to: a 10-year-old student at Fort Colville Elementary School.

School authorities said TWO FIFTH-GRADE BOYS PLANNED TO USE THE WEAPONS TO LURE ANOTHER STUDENT OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL AND KILL HER "BECAUSE SHE WAS REALLY ANNOYING."

The boys last week confessed to plans to harm an additional six students at the school.

"This was a plan. And it was a plan to kill," Stevens County prosecuting attorney Timothy Rasmussen said Thursday.

Rasmussen said he would argue that the 10-year-old and his 11-year-old codefendant be held criminally responsible on charges of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder and witness tampering - a charge filed after authorities said the boys promised to pay $80 to a student if he agreed not to tell anyone about the plot....

When questioned separately shortly after the weapons were discovered, the boys admitted their plot, authorities said. "I WAS GOING TO KILL HER WITH THE KNIFE AND [THE OTHER BOY] WAS SUPPOSED TO USE THE GUN TO KEEP ANYONE FROM TRYING TO STOP ME OR MESS UP OUR PLAN," the older boy told detectives.

When shown a class list, the boy identified six other classmates who were targeted.

The older boy said he had been friends with the girl for several months "but that he hated her now." HE SAID THE GIRL "HAD RECENTLY BECOME RUDE AND WOULD PICK ON HIM."

"The plan was nipped in the bud by other students who saw something and said something," said Colville School Supt. Mike Cashion....

At a community meeting Wednesday night, Cashion said ONE PARENT...ASKED WHETHER AUTHORITIES WOULD ENTERTAIN THE POSSIBILITY OF PROVIDING TEACHERS WITH GUNS IN THE CLASSROOM...Cashion said he responded that the option was under consideration by the Legislature, but that most teachers weren't trained to use guns.

"I TOLD THEM I CAN'T IMAGINE A TEACHER TAKING A GUN OUT, LEVELING IT AT A FIFTH-GRADER AND KILLING THEM," he said. "IT'S THE ANTITHESIS OF WHAT WE ARE."

Murder plot allegation against fifth-graders stuns Washington town

Kids learn the darndest things from watching the TV news...

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Major question: who gave the fifth grader the gun? His father? His mother? He clearly didn't buy it himself.