DETROIT – A man who is accused of making phone calls threatening to kill students at the Detroit Job Corps Center has pleaded guilty.
Elroy Knott, 24, from Detroit, pleaded guilty Thursday, Feb. 16, for the threats that he made on April 24, 2022, and April 26, 2022. On those days, he made multiple telephone calls to the DJCC in which he threatened to “shoot up” the place and kill residents.
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Knott also threatened to shoot an employee in the back of the head. The DJCC was locked down after the April 26, 2022, for 48 hours, and its activities were substantially disrupted.
The 24-year-old man was in a relationship with one of the students at the DJCC, and he had previously made threats and been in possession of firearms.
The guilty plea has Knott facing a maximum of five years in prison.
“The defendant terrorized students and staff at the Detroit Job Corps Center,” said United States Attorney Dawn Ison. “We will not tolerate such conduct, and we will do everything in our power to protect schools from the threat of violence.”
