Metro Atlanta high school student arrested for possessing knife, said he ‘wanted to kill everyone’

NEWTON COUNTY, Ga. — A high school student in Newton County was arrested last week after authorities say he threatened to kill his classmates.

A Newton County sheriff’s deputy met with the high school’s principal on Friday.

The principal told the deputy that a student, later identified as Jayden Isaiah Slaughter, 17, made a threat in class the day before that caused some concern.

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Slaughter’s teacher said he stated in class that “he wanted to kill everybody.”

The deputy waited for Slaughter to arrive at school and Slaughter was sent to an office.

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During a search of Slaughter, the deputy found a knife more than two inches long.

Slaughter was arrested and booked into the Newton County Jail for possessing a weapon on school property.

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