The student told their counselor that their 5th grade teacher had made comments Wednesday about killing herself, students and staff at St. Stanislaus School, East Chicago police said.
was charged Friday after telling a 5th grader earlier this week that she had a "kill list" and the student was on it, police said.
According to police, a 5th grade student told the school counselor that a teacher — identified by police as 25-year-old Angelica Carrasquillo-Torres — made comments about killing students and staff at the school. Police said they did not receive a report of the incident until about 5 p.m., and immediately responded at that time."I’d be furious and scared at the same time," one nearby resident said of the shocking allegations.
On Thursday, East Chicago police obtained an emergency detention order from the Lake County Prosecutors Office, and Carrasquillo-Torres was taken into custody around 11:15 a.m. at her home in Griffith, Indiana. Police said she is currently in custody in the hospital on a psychiatric hold.The investigation is ongoing.
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