Kirbyville Police have arrested an 18-year-old Kirbyville High School student after students reported he had made threatening statements and expressed a desire to kill people on Thursday.
Michael Wilson was released on a $5,000 bond after he was arrested and charged with making terroristic threats.
During a discussion about the Florida school shooting the day before among Kirbyville students during a class at the school on Friday, 15, 2018, Wilson became angry and began to defend the actions of the shooter according to a probable cause affidavit.
Police were called to investigate after several students reported to the principal that they were disturbed and and scared after Wilson had said he "wanted to kill everybody" during the discussion according to the affidavit.
Wilson's classmates reported that during the discussion he said that in a shooing event such as the one in Florida that he would not have killed himself and mentioned that he "hated everyone" and "wanted to kill everyone" according to the affidavit.
Wilson's father told the principal that his son had been suspended before in Oklahoma in the third grade during a similar incident.
He will be spending the rest of the school year at the Kirbyville ISD's disciplinary alternative campus for the rest of the school year according to the superintendent.
The district released the following statement to parents...
Last Friday a student made a threatening statement at Kirbyville High School.
The police were immediately notified and took the student into custody.
The District will continue to cooperate with law enforcement and monitor the situation.
Please rest assured that the District will continue to take every precaution to make certain that our students are safe at school.