'Kill List' Found Through Sandy Hook Say Something App: Guilford PD

NEWTOWN, CT — Thanks to a tip from the Sandy Hook Say Something app, police in Guilford say they discovered that a high school student there had created a "kill list."

After the Guilford Police Department Detective Division, Patrol Division and School Resource Officer (SRO) investigated the matter, police found that the list was made in 2022 and the student "did not have any means or the ability" to carry out acts of violence.

"After considering all the facts and circumstances associated with this incident, we are confident that there is no threat to public safety or to the school community," police said in a news release Tuesday afternoon.

The GPD received the tip on Jan. 11 and sent officers to the home of the student in question where it was determined that there was no active threat, police said.

The case was then referred to the SRO, police noted. On Jan. 12, police collected an additional tip which prompted further investigation.

"The Guilford Police Department is committed to working in partnership with all our community stakeholders to ensure that any and all threats are fully investigated," police said. "The use of technology like the Sandy Hook Say Something app continues to be a valuable tool that provides citizens the ability to report matters of public concern."

Sandy Hook Promise, the national nonprofit organization that was founded by several family members whose loved ones were killed at the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting on Dec. 14, 2012, launched The Say Something Anonymous Reporting System.

The system allows the public to submit secure, anonymous tip information and safety concerns to help people who may want to hurt themselves or others.

Residents can submit a tip through the secure Sandy Hook Promise website, or download the mobile app to Apple or Android devices.

There is also a 24/7 crisis hotline available at 1-844-SayNow.

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