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Substitute Art Teacher Allegedly Tells Class of Middle Schoolers: ‘I’m Going to Shoot You’

The man reportedly admitted to making the comments but said he was joking.

A New York City substitute teacher admitted to threatening to shoot a group of middle school students, according to Penn Live. The man was initially arrested and charged with making terroristic threats after going off on a group of art students he was supervising, police sources said in the report. “If you won’t do as you’re told, I’m gonna shoot you, and yes, I have a gun,” he was quoted saying. Charges against him were later dropped, according to the New York Daily News. The incident reportedly occurred at the Walter Crowley Intermediate School and the teacher turned himself in. He had been working as a substitute teacher since 2001 and had no previous history of wrongdoing, the Daily News reports. “This is absolutely unacceptable,” said a local education official in a statement. “The substitute teacher was immediately suspended and if this deeply disturbing allegation is found to be true, he will be fired.”