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Wonder what sort information may be relevant in a death threat situation? The short answer is "every detail you can provide." If that is too vague, take a look at this list.

Relevant information about a person making threats:

• name, age and family situation
• access to guns or other weapons (real or rumored)
• if they have ever brought weapons to school before (witnessed or rumored)
• if they have ever shown you the weapons they have access to and how/where those weapons were stored
• how they are treated by others at school
• if they have ever been bullied (witnessed or rumored)
• if they have ever bullied others (witnessed or rumored)
• who they have had confrontations with in the past, either as aggressor or victim
• their "reputation" among their peers
• if they have, or claim to have, hurt animals
• if they commit crimes (petty or serious, witnessed or rumored)
• if they are involved with drugs or alcohol
• if they have threatened suicide or have been/seemed depressed
• any unusual or tragic circumstances or events they have recently dealt with

* Tell everything you have heard, even rumors. Let the adults uncover what is true and what is not.

Remember, you can phone in anonymous tips to your local police and still provide detailed information.

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