Teen planned to commit violence at Indiana school, but police say tipster helped them stop him

[laserhaas]

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A teenager was en route to an Indiana middle school Thursday to commit an act of violence, but police were able to stop him after receiving a tip, state police said.

The teen exchanged gunfire with police at Dennis Intermediate School in Richmond before killing himself, Indiana State Police Sgt. John Bowling told reporters, citing preliminary results of the investigation.

"Someone knew something, and they said something," the sergeant said, attributing the fact that no students were hurt to the tipster.

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[matt819]

1. If only we had a wall. . . (nt)

[mr_lebowski]

2. Wow! What a hero(ine)!!!

That is great news ... I mean, apart from the one dead kid ... who was gonna kill the others, I suppose.

[iluvtennis]

3. So happy the tipster spoke up. Many lives saved today.

[Tobin S.]

4. This happened in my hometown.

There were reports that the kid had 5 guns on him. He was 14 years old. His mom drove him to the school. She said that he told her if she didn't he would kill her.

[laserhaas]

5. WoW - is she the one who tipped?

Shheesshh

[Tobin S.]

6. I think so, but I'm not sure. n/t

[Aristus]

7. Finally: the shooter starts with himself.

Sparing innocent lives.

About damned time...

[Tobin S.]

8. I've got an unconfirmed report

that the kid was bullied and had been taken out of the public school system to be home schooled.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

9. I am saddened by this teenager's death by suicide.

But my god, no other lives were taken! And for that, I am grateful.

And if he had been bullied? That is cause for sadness too.

[laserhaas]

10. A 9 yr old girl was bullied into hanging herself

Our world, sucks, greatly...

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211541360

[GulfCoast66]

11. A middle school aged kid??!! So, so sad.

When I was in middle school you might get in a fist fight occasionally. But our time was spent riding bikes, looking at stolen Playboys and building treehouses. When not playing school sports or other after school activities.

Most of my friends had guns in the house as so many people hunted.

Not only do I have no answers I don’t even know what questions to ask. Except it was before the republicans turned into a party trying to make us a Somalia with nukes.