Two fifth-grade students in Florida put into effect a plot to kill another classmate and flee in a golf cart, officials said.
Police said the two students, ages 10 and 11, brought a wrench, pliers and other tools Dec. 14 to Roberts Elementary School as part of the murder plot, according to the Tallahassee Democrat.
Roberts Elementary SchoolGoogleMapsThe pre-teen boys allegedly targeted an 11-year-old classmate because he was a “snitch,” officials said. Their identities haven’t been released because they’re minors.
Three days before the alleged incident, a girl told the victim a secret, according to police. The girl then complained about him spreading rumors, prompting the two alleged conspirators to confront the boy, the Tallahassee Democrat reported.
The suspects told the victim they were going to “take care of him and kill him,” police said.
Students said the duo sketched out a map of an area on campus where there were no security cameras.
The next day, one of them brought a bag to class with gloves, pliers and a multitool with a blade on it, police said. The two boys allegedly planned to use the pliers to break a lock on a school gate so they could escape in a golf cart.
“Snitches get stitches,” one of the suspects declared to a group of students while showing off the items, according to the Tallahassee Democrat.
After class was dismissed, the boys reportedly approached the classmate and asked, “Do you want to go to the secret hideout at the garden?”
The victim refused and told a faculty member that he heard the boys were trying to kill him.
The suspects denied wanting to kill the boy — but confessed to wanting to beat him up, police said.
Principal Kim McFarland told responding officers the two students “planned and put into effect a plot to murder another student.”
Each suspect was issued juvenile civil citations and both were suspended from school, according to the newspaper.
“This obviously is a very serious matter. We were aware the two boys plotted to harm another boy at the school,” Leon County School District Superintendent Rocky Hanna said in a statement. “There is zero tolerance in our school system for violence or threats of violence. The individuals who participate in these types of behavior will suffer severe consequences, as these two young boys.”



