Cops say 17-year-old student was planning a 'bigger Red Fearn'
JIMICUS, East Deschire--Police in central East Deschire say they've foiled a well-planned school shooting.
Authorities in the small town of Jimicus arrested a 17-year-old suspect (who has not been named because he is a minor) on suspicion of planning a massive shooting at his local high school.
Police say they were tipped off by other students and the boy's parents, who found evidence he was planning an attack.
"Today, we avoided another tragedy," Jimicus Police Sgt. Jim Laren said at a press conference.
Police say the student had planned the attack thoroughly, going so far as to draw blueprints of the school's layout. He also had a "hit list" of students and teachers to target, and police believe he had access to guns at his home.
"This could have been a very scary, a very deadly attack of unprecedented nature in this part of the country," Laren said.
School officials were shocked, but relieved the attack didn't happen.
"We are a very tight-knit community and this school is the pride of our town," said John McFarland, principal of Jimicus High School. "If this would have happened, it would have been devastating to our community. We're so thankful students and other concerned individuals came forward. They really did save, potentially, many lives."
The school has about 300 students, according to 2010 records.
A classmate told police the suspect once said he wanted to "shoot up" the school, and promised it would be "bigger and better than Red Fearn," a reference to Grassadellia's worst school shooting in Red Fearn, Monomi back in 1999. That shooting left seven students and three teachers dead, and another 11 wounded.
The sole suspect in that case, then-17-year-old Casey Raymond, was sentenced to 612 years in prison. He's currently being held at the Monomi State Penitentiary and will be eligible for parole in 2061, when he's 79 years old.
For now, the suspect in the shooting plot is being held in a juvenile detention centre in Ridgeview. He will go before a judge Friday morning.
JIMICUS, East Deschire--Police in central East Deschire say they've foiled a well-planned school shooting.
Authorities in the small town of Jimicus arrested a 17-year-old suspect (who has not been named because he is a minor) on suspicion of planning a massive shooting at his local high school.
Police say they were tipped off by other students and the boy's parents, who found evidence he was planning an attack.
"Today, we avoided another tragedy," Jimicus Police Sgt. Jim Laren said at a press conference.
Police say the student had planned the attack thoroughly, going so far as to draw blueprints of the school's layout. He also had a "hit list" of students and teachers to target, and police believe he had access to guns at his home.
"This could have been a very scary, a very deadly attack of unprecedented nature in this part of the country," Laren said.
School officials were shocked, but relieved the attack didn't happen.
"We are a very tight-knit community and this school is the pride of our town," said John McFarland, principal of Jimicus High School. "If this would have happened, it would have been devastating to our community. We're so thankful students and other concerned individuals came forward. They really did save, potentially, many lives."
The school has about 300 students, according to 2010 records.
A classmate told police the suspect once said he wanted to "shoot up" the school, and promised it would be "bigger and better than Red Fearn," a reference to Grassadellia's worst school shooting in Red Fearn, Monomi back in 1999. That shooting left seven students and three teachers dead, and another 11 wounded.
The sole suspect in that case, then-17-year-old Casey Raymond, was sentenced to 612 years in prison. He's currently being held at the Monomi State Penitentiary and will be eligible for parole in 2061, when he's 79 years old.
For now, the suspect in the shooting plot is being held in a juvenile detention centre in Ridgeview. He will go before a judge Friday morning.
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