Flags outside Kingston High School in the Puget Sound area northeast of Seattle. Four teens are accused of listing the ways they would hurt or kill Kingston High School classmates.(Photo: KING5)
Four teens are accused of listing the ways they would hurt or kill their high-school classmates, Seattle-area officials say.
In Facebook posts released by officials in Kitsap County Wednesday, the teens wrote about hanging Kingston High School students with their own intestines and shattering someone's skull.
"Well gentlemen, we have our targets. How would we like to murder them?" asked one post.
Kitsap County Sheriff's detectives took the threats seriously and arrested the teens Tuesday.
"This is absolutely not going to be tolerated," said Deputy Scott Wilson, a spokesperson for the sheriff's office.
The threats surfaced after the arrest of Matthew Smiley. The 18-year-old was expelled from Kingston High School during the 2013-14 year.
Three students told school officials Smiley had guns and threatened to "shoot up" the school.
Detectives said they found a loaded gun in Smiley's car and another in a safe at his home when he was arrested
Smiley is being held on $2 million bail.
Three of the teens accused of threatening the witnesses are juveniles. The fourth, 19-year-old Sebastian Carroll, is a registered sex offender.
He was arrested Tuesday while checking in with his Department of Corrections supervisor.
Carroll is being held on $250,000 bail.
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