Third student accused in Northwest ISD plot to attack students, staff

The district said additional armed security will be present on campus for the remainder of the school year.

Three students in Northwest ISD are accused of being involved in a plan to attack middle schoolers and staffers, school officials have said. In a letter to parents on Monday, Northwest ISD officials said they had concluded their investigation into the “recent terroristic threats” and found that a third student was also responsible. On May 2, the district notified parents of the “watch list” at Truett Wilson Middle School and said they alerted the families of the 25 students as well as the seven staff members named.

As of Monday, school officials said three students had “been charged with a felony terroristic threat.” Fort Worth police confirmed May 3 that two students were in custody. It is unclear if police arrested the third student.Other students were involved in the investigation, but were not found to have engaged in terroristic threats, the email said.

District officials said while they could not share details of individual punishments because of student privacy concerns, they did share that students found responsible for felony terroristic threat could be placed in the district’s alternative education program for 45 to 60 days according to their policies.As some students stayed home because of safety concerns, the district also said it would excuse absences for May 4-8.

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