A third student is facing charges in connection to an online document describing plans to attack dozens of people at a middle school in Northwest ISD, district officials 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 the third student was in custody.
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.
An armed security guard has also been added to the campus for the remainder of the school year.
“We hope the presence of the additional armed security guard will increase the visibility of security for students, staff and parents and reinforce that students are safe to learn at Wilson Middle School,” the email said.
