High School Attack Thwarted in California

By Jenn Jacques

Tuolumne County Sheriff’s detectives thwarted a plot by students to go on a shooting rampage at Summerville High School near Yosemite National Park, authorities said.

“The suspects’ plan was very detailed in nature and included names of would be victims, locations, and the methods in which the plan was to be carried out.” Sheriff Jim Mele told reporters at a news conference. The four students, all male, were arrested on suspicion of consipriacy to commit assault with deadly weapons and have confessed to the plot.

“They were going to come on campus and shoot and kill as many people as possible at the campus,” Mele told the Modesto Bee.

Suspects were overheard by other students talking about their plans and fellow students notified administrators. School staff on the Tuolumne campus immediately called the sheriff’s department. Detectives later found evidence that the suspects planned to act during an upcoming campus event, the news organizations reported. No weapons were found, but Mele said the students were in the process of trying to obtain them in order to carry out the attack.

“I believe, with all my heart, the reason we were able to stop this was because we have a level of trust within …Read the Rest

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