ABC News reports:
Two Florida middle schoolers with an apparent interest in the Columbine High School massacre were allegedly plotting to carry out a school shooting of their own until a teacher was tipped off about a possible concealed weapon, authorities said.
The teacher at Harns Marsh Middle School in Lehigh Acres, near Fort Myers, alerted school administrators and a school resource officer about the tip from students Wednesday, authorities said.
A search of an eighth grader’s backpack did not turn up a gun, but administrators allegedly found a map that “contains markings indicating the location of each of the school’s interior cameras,” Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno said during a press briefing Thursday afternoon.
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Two Florida teens were allegedly engaged in a plot to carry out a school shooting until a teacher was tipped off about a possible concealed weapon. https://t.co/Hl63zvESrT
— ABC News (@ABC) September 10, 2021
NEW: Two Florida middle school students ages 13 and 14 have been arrested after plotting to carry out a mass shooting modeled on the Columbine High School massacre. Police found a gun when searching their homes. #flapolhttps://t.co/z9zYnGELS5
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) September 9, 2021
Two #Florida middle schoolers with an apparent interest in the Columbine High School massacre, are now in custody, for allegedly plotting to carry out a school shooting of their own.https://t.co/8uKX17nv4g
— CBS4 Miami (@CBSMiami) September 10, 2021
Two teenagers have been arrested after authorities said they plotted to commit a mass shooting at a Florida middle school. https://t.co/7FoPuNkBff
— NBC News (@NBCNews) September 10, 2021
Florida students arrested after plotting Columbine-style massacre at middle school, police say https://t.co/micRZhjoFR pic.twitter.com/M8At7dwFj5
— WFLA NEWS (@WFLA) September 10, 2021