Do we know if Npd 117 was notified about this?

Was Palos 118 also notified

I hope he is still locked up and undergoing a psych eval. Drunk or not those comments indicate serious issues that make him a danger to all.

Yes, NPSD 117 was notified. Indoor recess the rest if the week.

There a saying people speak the truth when drunk .... Get this guy off the street

No npd 117 had outdoor recess and no letters came home. Thats not right

I say keep him locked up bc threats against our children cannot be tolerated!

I don't know if a specific school was mentioned. I'll be checking with police in the morning for a follow-up story.

Please tell me he is still contained and being held for psychiatric evaluation??? He needs to be locked up because drunk is no excuse for comments like that so there must be other serious issues.

Drunk people speak their mind! I say lock him up in a psycho ward.

Where was he coming from where their any others with him could they have the same thinking I have kids in bothe districts stagg was on a light lockdown cause of the jail breakers nothing on this

The school districts were notified

DRUNK OR NOT HE SHOULD BE IN PRISON NOT EVEN MENTAL HOSPITAL AND THEY SHOULD RELEASE HIS INFO SO HE CAN GET HIS ASS KICKED IN THE STREETS! I HAVE 2 KIDS IN THIS DISTRICT AND THEIR SCHOOLS BETTER HAVE SECURITY OR IM PULLING MY KIDS OUT! YESTERDAY STAGG ON SOFT LOCKDOWN AND NO SECURITY THEN DORN AND CONRADY NOTHING EITHER NOT EVEN A COP ON SITE! OUR KIDS NEED TO BE PROTECTED! AND FOR THE DRUNK HE NEEDS A BEAT DOWN!

And they allow this guy a firearm with ammo......You need to take his FOID card, guns and ammo away for good.

If the schools were notified of his intentions, then WHY was outside recess allowed? That is definitely not right. I thought the Connecticut massacre would have raised a few more eyebrows. Apparently not .... I will pray for all involved and that this jerk was just nothing more than full of "hot air" spewing at the mouth because he was caught doing something utterly stupid!

It's guys like him that give us responsible gun owners a bad name. The police report says they took his weapons for safe keeping. OK? Now what?...Give them back when he sobers up? I say take them, keep them and obsolete his FOID card. These people need to take responsibility for their actions.

How is this not a hate crime? Kids are a specific population, not unlike any religious, ethnic, racial or other group. This cannot be tolerated.

People pretty soon won't want to send their kids to school..where are they safe??

Man what is this world coming too but I know the devil is working overtime

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Oak Ridge has not been having outdoor recess. I don't know about the other schools. Here's the statement on the website today.

http://www.npd117.net/site/default.aspx?PageType=3&ModuleInstanceID=439&ViewID=047E6BE3-6D87-4130-8424-D8E4E9ED6C2A&RenderLoc=0&FlexDataID=2166&PageID=15

dont worry Shari, Nick will protect the kids

TRU DAT EARL
I guess Nick does not want booger to be exposed for the drug dealing scumbag he is

Also there is always a heavy police presence around the NPD117 schools in Palos Hills. It has been that way since our girls started at NPD117.

I sincerely believe that the first line of defense in any situation like this is the teachers. The police do what they can, but when things get crazy, it's the teachers and faculty that bear the burden of protecting our kids. That's why I think all teachers that want it should have the option to go through rigorous firearms training, and carry side-arms. They would be akin to air marshals on flights. It's hard to shoot someone when you're dead.

boogers arms are to skinny and weak to hold a gun upright

This is really starting to get scarry. Im wondering if this man will be monitered even after he is released from the hospital after 72 hours . I am wondering if the patch has heard about the man that stormed into St. Alexander last year during school hours . It was during thursday morning 8:30 mass. The whole junior high was present including one of my children. The man stormed to the front of the church told everyone that they where evil and that they would all where gonna die. He then ran out and was later arrested. My daughter was terrifed that day and said that it happened so fast . The where just starting to get down in the pues when he suddenly left. It really hit home when last week's horrible events took place and my 7th grader had come to relize how lucky they where last year that no one was hurt.

Simple solution to these morons that threaten our schools........Hire an off duty Police officer with weapon(they all need extra cash). Pay him $40k year, All visitors 1 way in 1 way out, 200 thousand grammer schools in the country =200 thousand jobs=tax money for goverment, income for cop, safe children.....win win for all

I'm having a hard time understanding what people honestly think could have been done to stop the tragedy in CT.
The guns were all legally purchased...the school only had one door access - he shot out a different door to get in...

Having teachers carry guns is insane and unrealistic. It takes a tragedy to step up security until Jan 8th and then everything will be back to normal. There hasn't been a rash of school shootings. One psycho in one small town across the country doesn't mean we need to spend a ton of money having armed security patrol the halls.
Also , there's enough Palos officers on payroll that they can rotate turns sitting outside the school if that'll help parents feel better.

I like engineerX's idea let's go w that.....
I have kids in palos schools and it is scary....but unfortunately the world we live in is scary period!!!!!!