The attack plan against the Fort Worth middle school included tracking police and training with weapons

FORWARD WORTH – A plan to attack a Fort Worth middle school included clues about where the nearest police station was, as well as details about gun and knife practice and training for war, according to portions of an investigative report read in court by a judge Friday .

Judge Alex Kim ordered the detention of two 14-year-old boys accused of making terroristic threats. He allowed an accused 13-year-old boy to return home after his lawyer raised questions about the boy’s involvement in the planning.

The stepmother of one of the accused boys, described as the ringleader, said she was the one who discovered some of the topics he searched for online Truett Wilson Middle School officials first alerted in Northwest ISD last week.

The school district told parents in a letter that an online shared document contained a watch list with the names of 25 students and seven staff members.

All three boys showed up with their parents Friday and had little to add that would explain what led to the plan’s creation.

“We never expected something like this to happen,” said the mother of one of the boys. “We have no words.”

In addition to discussing weapons, Judge Kim read a section of the report that said one of the boys had written in emails that “Lucifer” had spoken to him and told him to take revenge on those who did them had done injustice.

Both 14-year-old boys were examined for mental disorders. One of them was previously diagnosed with depression but did not receive treatment.

The boy stood silently in court in a dark blue suit as Judge Kim read from reports that said he had been suspended twice for fighting and had been caught bringing alcohol to school.

The other boy, who was wearing a red flannel shirt and jeans, was said to have been aggressive toward a faculty member in the past. Most recently he threatened a sibling with a knife.

“Was that just nonsense from 13 or 14 year olds?” Judge Kim asked rhetorically about the attack plan. Before deciding to arrest them, he told them he was worried that they would be able to put their plans into action if given the opportunity before deciding to arrest them.

Frank Adler, an attorney for the youngest boy, said his client accessed and edited the “watch list” included in the online attack plan, but only to remove a family member’s name from the list. The investigative reports provided no further clarity about the boy’s involvement, according to Judge Kim, who said he did not believe the boy actually threatened to harm anyone.

He told him he hoped the boy would take away “see something, say something.”

In the portions of the report read aloud, it was noted that investigators had also spoken to other students at the school who mentioned they had heard the two 14-year-olds talking about shootings and bombings. However, there was no mention that any of these students had previously reported what they had heard.