2 Sixth-Graders Charged With Plot to Shoot Students, Faculty at Elementary School

2 Sixth-Graders Charged With Plot to Shoot Students, Faculty at Elementary School
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Two sixth-grade students were arrested and charged after investigators discovered their plot to shoot students and staff at an elementary school in Tennessee, according to officials.

The investigation first began after the school resource officer for South Cumberland Elementary uncovered a rumor about the possible existence of a “hit list” that contained names of students who were to be shot in a future attack, according to a statement jointly released by Cumberland County Schools and Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office.