A fifth grader at Richneck Elementary, the same Virginia school where a 6-year-old shot and wounded his teacher, was removed from class after threatening to “pop some bullets,” officials said.
Karen Lynch, an administrator on special assignment at Richneck, confirmed the safety issue in a letter sent out to parents Monday night. She said the threat came over the weekend in a series of text messages between a group of fifth grade students, including one who went on to report the exchange to his parents.
“One of the students stated that they would ‘pop some bullets’ and tell someone to shoot up the class,” Lynch wrote in the note, which was obtained by NBC News.
