The teacher allegedly told students "he would've pulled a smoke detector , so that he could create a distraction, in order to carry out his hit list and kill the people that he would need to," the unnamed parent told WWMT. The school notified police of the incident, and Michigan State Police has taken over the investigation, according to WZZM13. Meanwhile, dozens of schools in Michigan closed last week in the wake of the Oxford shooting, after at least 100 copycat threats surfaced, according to law enforcement. Hopkins High School and the Michigan State Police did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.
