Police: tip foils plans to ‘shoot up’ NC school
BREVARD, N.C. — Police in western North Carolina say they have derailed a 15-year-old’s plot to shoot up his school, thanks to a a tip from a teen in New York.
Transylvania County Sheriff’s spokesman Lt. Brian Kreigsman said Thursday the suspect told a 16-year-old girl on Jan. 2 about plans to “shoot up” Brevard High School. The pair were chatting on the popular MySpace social networking Web site.
Kreigsman said the girl notified her local sheriff’s office, which contacted authorities in North Carolina.
Officials there found a computer and DVD with attack plans at the 15-year-old’s home, but said those plans were not elaborate.
Kreigsman said the suspect is in custody and undergoing a mental-health evaluation. He declined to identify the teen, noting that no charges have been filed.
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