Teen Threatened to 'Shoot Up' Greenbelt High School After Breakup: Police

Greenbelt, MD — Authorities seized an AK-47 and 180 rounds of ammunition from a boy who reportedly threatened to “shoot up” Eleanor Roosevelt High School and kill his former girlfriend.

Washington, D.C., police say the boy, a 17-year-old from the district, had targeted the Greenbelt school which the 17-year-old girl attended. She had received threats by text after she broke up with the boy, police said.

The suspect planned to go to the girl’s Greenbelt house and kill her family, according to court documents obtained by NBC Washington, and he said he was going to bring his friends to watch.

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Next the boy said he would kill his ex-girlfriend and anyone else inside Roosevelt High School, the station reports. The attacks were reportedly planned for June 17 but thwarted by police officers who removed the weapons from the teen’s home in Southeast Washington.

Washington, D.C., police told The Washington Post Friday that authorities are considering whether to charge the boy as an adult. Possible charges include numerous weapons violations and making threats of mass violence.

The teen has also been charged in arrest warrants issued in Prince George’s County with possession of child pornography after he posted pictures of his ex-girlfriend in a sex act online following their breakup.