Call to police thwarts school massacre plot in Minnesota

[LuckyTheDog]

According to CNN, a tip-off to police thwarted what could have been a horrifying school shooting, arson and bombing spree in Waseca, Minn.

Citing local authorities in Waseca, CNN reports that a 17-year-old boy “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.”

MORE (INCLUDING VIDEO) HERE: http://wonkynewsnerd.com/call-police-thwarts-school-massacre-plot-minnesota/

[Brickbat]

1. Local coverage here.

WASECA, MINN. – John David LaDue had it all figured out. He would kill his mother, father and sister and then create a diversion to keep first responders busy while he went to Waseca Junior/Senior High School to wreak havoc.

There, the 17-year-old planned to set off pressure-cooker bombs full of nails and metal ball bearings in the cafeteria. Students who weren’t maimed or killed would be gunned down in the halls, he told police.

After his arrest Tuesday, the high school junior said he intended to kill “as many students as he could,” before he was killed by the SWAT team, according to charging documents filed in Waseca County District Court.

LaDue was charged Thursday with four counts of attempted first-degree murder, two counts of first-degree damage to property and six counts of possession of a bomb by someone under 18.

http://www.startribune.com/local/257505631.html

Heartbreaking.

[LuckyTheDog]

2. Thanks for that. I updated the post to include stuff from the Star Tribune

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