PAW PAW, Mich. (WOOD) — The question of whether a 15-year-old who allegedly planned to attack his school should be tried as an adult was the focus of a Wednesday hearing.
The prosecutor attempted to show how serious the Paw Paw High School student's plans were while the defense tried to make a case that the teen needs help, not punishment.
The student, who 24 Hour News 8 is not identifying because he is a minor, faces eight criminal charges in connection to the incident that forced classes to be canceled on March 19. The day before the cancellation, the teen’s parents said he approached them and confessed to stealing guns from his grandfather, cutting them down to fit into a bag and planning to kill fellow students. After their son came to them, the parents to him to the sheriff’s department.
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