Two teenagers in Connecticut dressed up like the Columbine High School killers during Halloween and threatened to harm students from their school.
During a time of increased vigilance because of incidents of school shootings, the Halloween prank of these teens turned into a real horror for the other students, then on them, when it reached the police.
The Litchfield High School principal reported the incident to local police, stating that there could be a possible hostile event at school, Monday, as mentioned by the teenagers on their threats to fellow students.
"The costume was essentially black trench coats, baseball caps, and sunglasses. This is the times we're living in, and we would be inhuman if it didn't put us on edge," said Litchfield Superintendent for Schools Lynn McMullin, according to The Inquisitr.
The two Litchfield High School students were taken to a juvenile detention center after being charged Wednesday with inciting injury to persons and breach of peace, state police said, the Associated Press reported.
"There was no risk of anyone being injured, assaulted or harmed. I think it was a very bad Halloween costume two kids thought of that they never thought of the consequences," said David Moraghan, the lawyer of one of the boys, according to The New York Times.
Protected under the juvenile offender laws, the names of the two teenage boys cannot be released.
Aside from the charges they are facing, they are also being considered for expulsion.
