A Florida high school student’s incredible arsenal has been revealed after the 11-year-old allegedly boasted about his hit list and threatened to shoot up two schools.
Carlo “Kingston” Dorelli of Port Orange has been charged with making a written threat to commit mass shooting, a felony, after threatening to shoot up his school, Creekside Middle School, or nearby Silver Sands Middle School, the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office said. announced on Monday.
Authorities said they received a tip from other students that Dorelli showed off his gun collection on a FaceTime call, along with a list of targets.
Some said they could not tell whether the weapons were real or fake, WESH reports.
“He had written down a list of names and targets,” Sheriff Mike Chitwood wrote on Facebook. “He says it was all a joke.”
Carlo ‘Kingston’ Dorelli of Port Orange has been charged with making a written threat of mass shooting (a felony) after threatening to shoot up his school, Creekside Middle School, or nearby Silver Sands Middle School.
During a subsequent search of the boy’s room, authorities found a large quantity of airsoft rifles, fake ammunition, swords, knives and throwing stars, which the sheriff’s office spread out on a table as if it were a drug bust.
Officials also found a piece of paper in his room with several names that appeared to have stab marks next to them.
The boy later admitted to showing his friends his collection of airsoft rifles and some of his knives, but could not recall whether he told them that “the airsoft rifles were not real, functional firearms,” according to an affidavit. Obtained by Spectrum News 13.
He said the other students “began to discuss how (he) was going to complete a shooting,” but he said he had “no intention of causing harm to any of the aforementioned individuals.” according to WSVN.
Dorelli was then taken into custody and officers filmed him being handcuffed and the attacker being taken into the Volusia Family Resource Center for processing before being transported to the Department of Juvenile Justice.
Officers filmed him being handcuffed and the attacker being taken into the Volusia Family Resource Center for processing before being transported to the Department of Juvenile Justice.
Authorities also revealed the wide range of weapons the boy had.
Volusia County School District officials later told WESH that “safety is our top priority, and this situation exemplifies how the security measures implemented in our schools, as well as our partnership with law enforcement, ensure the safety of our students and staff.
“Thank you to the students who spoke up and sent a tip when they heard something suspicious,” school officials said.
“We take all reports extremely seriously and work with authorities to ensure they are thoroughly investigated,” they added.
‘We continue to encourage our students that if they see or hear something, to tell an adult immediately or send a message to Fortify Florida.’
Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood vowed to hold accountable any children who make false threats to shoot up schools
Dorelli’s arrest came just days after Chitwood vowed to hold accountable any child who makes prank threats amid a flood of false leads following the deadly shooting at Apalachee High School in Georgia.
Florida authorities had received 54 false tips about an impending school shooting in a single night after the tragedy, costing the department about $20,000 in taxpayer money, Chitwood said.
“Every time we make an arrest, your son’s picture will be posted and if I can get it, I’m going to take your son out for a walk so everyone can see what he’s doing,” Chitwood promised.
“For the little bastards who think this is funny, ha ha ha, they want to get on social media: you’re not that smart… you’re getting caught,” he added.