Police: Teens dressed as Columbine killers threatened students

Nathaniel Brooks for The New York Times

Police: Connecticut teens threatened to harm other students - Two Connecticut teenagers  are usually  accused  of  dressing up  like the  Columbine High School killers  on  Halloween  AS WELL AS  threatening  to be able to  harm students  with   it is  school.

The  3  Litchfield High School students were  recognized   in order to   the  juvenile detention center  soon after  being charged Wednesday  with  inciting injury  to be able to   persons   AND  breach  connected with  peace, state police said.  it\'s  names haven't been  unveiled   since   regarding  juvenile offender laws.

The  2  sophomores dressed up Saturday  with  Halloween  inside  black trench coats  ALONG WITH  sunglasses  AS WELL AS  threatened  in order to  harm students  from  school  with  Monday, Superintendent  connected with  Schools Lynn McMullin said.  your own  high school principal notified police  in  Sunday  of a  "possible hostile event"  It   am  going  to help  occur  at the  school Monday, state police said.

School officials  AND ALSO  police did not release  almost any   various other   details   In regards to the  threat.

In 1999,  3  students  exactly who  wore black trench coats  ALONG WITH  sunglasses killed 12  additional  students,  the  teacher  AND  themselves  on  Columbine High School  with  Colorado.

McMullin said  ones   a couple of  sophomores were suspended  ALONG WITH  weren't  in  school  the  week. She said school officials were later told  through  police  The idea  there  \'m   not any  credible threat  AND ALSO  students were never  throughout  danger.

"Nevertheless,  in  every stage,  my spouse and i  took  the  matter very seriously," McMullin  wrote   in   the  message posted  on the  school system's website.