Ontario Provincial Police say a 19-year-old is going through upgraded and extra charges, together with tried homicide, after allegedly making threats towards a Collingwood highschool and planning to hurt college students.
Police say they acquired a report final September a few potential menace towards Collingwood Collegiate Institute by a former scholar, nevertheless it was not imminent because it had been made in March.
The suspect from Clearview Township, Ont., was initially charged in September with uttering threats to trigger loss of life and a number of weapons offences.
Police say officers performed a search of a tool that exposed extra particulars, indicating the plan to hurt college students was “elaborate and well-researched.”
They are saying the previous scholar now faces greater than a dozen charges, together with one depend of tried homicide, one depend of making an attempt to commit an assault with a weapon and two counts of possessing a firearm.
The accused stays in custody and is scheduled to seem in a Barrie, Ont., courtroom on Jan. 20.
This report by The Canadian Press was first printed Jan. 10, 2025.
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