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A teenage boy had a plan.
According to authorities in Waseca, Minnesota, John David LaDue, 17, was going to kill his family, start a diversionary fire, set off bombs at an area school, kill the resource officer there and then shoot students.
Police were tipped off to the case two days earlier. Someone called about a suspicious person at a storage facility. When officers arrived, they saw what looked like bomb-making materials in a locker: a pressure cooker, pyrotechnic chemicals, steel ball bearings and gunpowder. LaDue went with officers to the police station for an interview. There, police say, he told authorities of his plan to kill his mother, father and sister and start a fire in rural Waseca to distract first responders. Then, they say, he would go to Waseca Junior and Senior High School, where he planned to set off various bombs during lunch, kill the school resource officer, set fires and then open fire on students. A journal recovered from his home detailed his plan and preparations, said police, who believe he meant to carry out the attack in the next week or two.
Police: Minnesota teen planned school massacre - CNN.com
Glad this nutball was stopped before he could act on his plan. Not sure what is going on with kids in schools today.