Berrendo Middle School Shooting 2014

 
Student writes a “methodical” plan in a notebook before the shooting. He writes that he is considering using a handgun and a knife to kill a school bully.

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Staff on Staff Targeted Violence

 
In early 2013, detectives began investigating a series of threatening letters that were being received by university custodial workers. Some of the letters were handwritten, so investigators began working with the State Police Crime Lab, requesting a handwriting analysis to compare the suspect letters against a known sample from an identified suspect, who was a former employee and co-worker of the victims.

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Students’ Violent Plot Overheard and Reported by School Counselor

 
Student reviews Columbine plans in depth, finds areas where they made mistakes, and plans accordingly to avoid making the same mistakes. Student recruits another boy to help in his plan….

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Student Steals Gun to Use in School Attack, Changes His Mind

 
He says how he plans to kill his parents and then go to the school and kill students, teachers, and the school resource officer. Once he takes the police officer’s gun, he says he will kill as many teachers and students as possible, particularly those who had bullied him…

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Parents Find Concerning Notes in Son’s Room, Notify Police

 
A male student plans to shoot two assistant principals, a police officer, and a school district police officer. On Dec 12 he asks for help from three others in his plot…

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School Officials Report Students’ Plot for School Violence

 
The boys had been researching weapons, explosives, and how to disarm people online. One cooperates, and one flees…

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Woman Alerts Police to Strange Activity, Materials for Violent School Attack Uncovered

 
In his first journal entry on July 24, 2013, the student lists a detailed plan for killing his family, the school liaison officer at his high school and students. Over the nine months covered in the notebook, he never changes those plans….

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Parent Alerts School to Son’s Potentially Violent Attack

 
Former student allegedly purchases the shotgun and ammunition he intends to use in a school shooting within two years of his plot….

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Parents Alert Police to Son’s Potential School Attack

 
Days before the averted attack, an anonymous person threatens via email to carry out a mass shooting at a school. The email, sent to several employees of various elementary schools, says the shooting will take place on Thursday….

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Student Sees Peer Carrying Gun at School, Alerts SRO

 
The suspect becomes upset over alleged rumors spread about him at school. He believes that the person behind the rumors is his ex-girlfriend, and plans to shoot her…

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