Hey Garrett. Beat you.

Killebrew told Channel 2 Action News reporter Tom Jones that she was shocked when her 16-year-old son told her his substitute math teacher at Mundy’s Mill High School was trying to hire a hit man to kill him.

“I was extremely upset. I called the school at that moment,” said Killebrew.

Killebrew’s attorney said the incident began when Forde called the student out of the classroom one day.

“(Forde) asked him if he was gay,” said attorney Terrance Madden.

Madden said the student became angry at the suggestion and the next day the two had a verbal altercation.

Weeks later, police said, Forde got a Mundy’s Mill student off a school bus and told him he had a hit on someone and needed him to take care of it. Officers said the student asked who it was and Forde said he would let him know.

Not even the kid's regular teacher—his substitute teacher.

Which dredges up some questions. What was so horrible/memorable about the kid that the teacher couldn't forget about him as soon as his substitute gig was done? Was the teacher hitting on the kid? (So to speak.) Or was he trying to pick on him? Was he afraid the kid would bring a sexual harassment suit? Or a discrimination suit?

And how could either of those options possibly be worse than criminal charges for hiring a high-school hit man kid?

And what's a "Mundy's Mill"? Its high-school mission statement:

Mundy's Mill High School is challenging minds, changing lives, and achieving success in a tradition and spirit of excellence.

Two out of three ain't bad.