An Indiana teacher was arrested Thursday after telling a fifth grader that he had created a “kill list” for students and staff, police said.
Angelica Carrasquillo Torres, a teacher at St. Stanislaus School, reportedly told fifth-grade students about the plan around noon Wednesday. Later that afternoon, East Chicago police officers were dispatched to a Catholic school.
“A 5th grade student told a counselor that a 5th grade teacher had made comments about the suicide, murder of students and staff at St. Stanislaus School,” East Chicago Police said on Facebook.
“The teacher further told the student that she had a list and he/she was at the bottom of that list,” the statement added.
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The 25-year-old teacher was escorted into the principal’s office and is said to have admitted that all the student’s claims were true.
East Chicago Police said, “During the conversation, the teacher named certain students on the list, but did not provide the list.”
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The principal then asked Carrasquillo Torres to quit school and not return. Police officers, who were unaware of the situation until four hours later, arrived at 5:00 pm and took the teacher into custody without incident the next morning.
Parents have expressed frustration that the school did not allow the teachers to evict and immediately call the police.
“The original email we received last night had no information about what was going on other than that there was a problem with that particular classroom,” said St. Stanislaus School’s Pre-K student protection. Kirsten Saldivar, an executive, told Fox 32 Chicago. “We didn’t know anything and went about our normal school life as if nothing had happened.”
East Chicago police are still investigating. So far, no charges have been filed.
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The school moved to virtual classes on Friday. Counselors are also being provided to students and staff.
Fox News Digital has reached out to the St. Stanislaus School for a statement, but has yet to hear back.