Thursday, April 19, 2012

Police stop Columbine-style shooting plot in Spokane

"Police arrested the 16-year-old at his home on Tuesday [April 17, 2012] for Threats to Bomb or Injure Property. On Wednesday, in a Spokane County juvenile court room, Superior Court Judge Ellen Clark ruled there was not enough evidence to keep him in jail. However, as conditions of his release, the teen must be under 24/7 supervision by his mother or step-father. Clark also said the teen could not have firearms, drugs or alcohol, or have any contact with anyone at North Central High School.
Court documents allege that on March 22, 2012, a woman called Spokane Police to say that her teen overheard two people discussing "doing a Columbine style shooting" at North Central High School. The documents state the teen was talked about having a map of the school, how he planned to blow up propane tanks and then 'begin shooting at the school.' The date of the planned attack was April 20, 2013, according to court documents.
It wasn't until several weeks later that police found another warning of an impending attack. On April 10, 2012, Spokane police received a call from employees at WinCo Foods, at 9257 N. Nevada, who noticed graffiti inside the men's bathroom with a threatening message.
Someone wrote on the wall "I'm serius. NC school shooting 4/20/15 be ready."
April 20 is the anniversary of the Columbine High School massacre."
--http://www.khq.com/story/17548457/teen-accused-of-columbine-style-shooting-released-on-house-arrest-expelled-from-school

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