How was the attack averted? Arrested/tackled/otherwise physically restrained What kind of weapon(s) was going to be used? Arson/fire setting, Bomb/Explosive How many suspects were involved with the plot? 1 Lessons Learned Promoting See Something, Say Something with all community members is a basic and essential violence prevention tool when coupled with awareness training on indicators […]
Student post concerning messages on social media.
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Police were notified of threat and were able to use social media to track down the teen and take him into custody.
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The suspect posted a picture of guns and bullets onto his Instagram story, tagging former professional players and his high school.
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A university student posted messages on Twitter threatening to carry out a mass casualty attack on his school. The messages included statements saying, “the campus going to get shot up and who will be to blame.” Another statement read, “You (expletive) are past spent, you (expletive) are going to die in class.”
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The suspect had moved away from his home state to live in a treatment center for troubled teens. Upon returning home from the center, he messaged a friend from the treatment center saying that he was plotting a school shooting. He had recently purchased a shotgun and multiple boxes of ammunition.
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Suspect made threats over social media saying that he was going to shoot up the local college campus…
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The university police department and university crisis team begin receiving notice of a person identifying themself as a student of the university and posting on Reddit about admiring school shooters…
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A 16-year-old student posts an image on Snapchat, with a caption stating that he is planning to shoot students at his high school the next day….
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A 17-year-old male student posts online about his dissatisfaction with various individuals at his high school, according to court records and social media….
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