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Substitute teacher charged after threatening to shoot students

Substitute teacher charged after threatening to shoot students

By John Annese, Tribune News Service Troy Warren for CNT A frustrated substitute teacher in New York threatened to shoot up a classroom full of middle school students, then voluntarily confessed what he said to school officials, police said. Alejandro Rocha, 52, was teaching an art class Wednesday at Intermediate School 5, the Walter Crowley School, in Maspeth Queens, when he became angry at the class. “If you won’t do as you’re told, I’m gonna shoot you — and yes, I have a gun,” he told the nine kids, all between ages 11 and 12, sources said. None of the children…
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