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Another Teen Nabbed
in Columbine-Like Plot

Apr 25, 2008 9:04 AM CDT

Another Teen Nabbed in Columbine-Like Plot

16-year-old sought gun used in Colorado killings

(Newser) - An Indiana 16-year-old plotted a Columbine-style mass killing on September 11 and even sought the same pistol used in that attack, the AP reports. The high school student faces charges of conspiracy to commit murder when he appears in court today. Police found 100 knives in his home and say...

SC Teen Faces WMD Charge, Life Sentence

Apr 22, 2008 2:55 PM CDT

SC Teen Faces WMD Charge, Life Sentence

'New Columbine' plan is federal case

(Newser) - Ryan Schallenberger, the South Carolina teenager whose Columbine-style attack police say they foiled yesterday, will be charged with a federal count of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction, the AP reports. The charge, stemming from the 10 pounds of explosives discovered by Schallenberger’s parents yesterday, carries a...

SC Teen Busted in
'New Columbine' Plot

Apr 21, 2008 5:29 AM CDT

SC Teen Busted in 'New Columbine' Plot

Student plotted school suicide bombing

(Newser) - South Carolina police have foiled a student's suicide bomb attack on a high school, timed to coincide with the ninth anniversary of the Columbine school massacre, officials said. The 18-year-old senior was arrested after his parents discovered 10 pounds of explosive chemicals, a year-long journal and detailed plans for a...

Finnish Killer Linked to US Teen

Nov 13, 2007 3:28 AM CST

Finnish Killer Linked to US Teen

Massacre gunman chatted online with Philly attack plotter

(Newser) - The Finnish teenager who killed eight people and committed suicide last week chatted online with a Philadelphia area youth who plotted a Columbine-style assault at a suburban school. Dillon Cossey, 14, told his attorney that the Finnish youth "gave no indication he was going to do anything violent" and...

School Shooters Connect Online

Nov 10, 2007 6:40 AM CST

School Shooters Connect Online

Columbine MySpace page links Finnish gunman, US teen who planned massacre

(Newser) - The internet may be a training ground for teenage killers who were previously considered to be desperate loners, suggests the Times of London. Helsinki police believe that Pekka-Eric Auvinen, the Finnish 18-year-old who murdered eight fellow students before shooting himself Wednesday, had spoken in online message boards with Dylan Cossey,...

14-Year-Old's Mom Arrested on Gun Charges

Oct 12, 2007 1:32 PM CDT

14-Year-Old's Mom Arrested on Gun Charges

Supplied teen planning Columbine-style attack with weapons: cops

(Newser) - A Pennsylvania woman faces multiple criminal charges after buying guns and bomb-making materials for her emotionally disturbed 14-year old son. Michele Cossey is accused of purchasing a 9mm semiautomatic rifle, a .22 rifle and handgun, and black powder for use in making grenades, CNN reports. Her son, home-schooled after withdrawing...

Philly Police
Foil Teen's Plot to Attack School

Oct 11, 2007 8:51 PM CDT

Philly Police Foil Teen's Plot to Attack School

Seize huge cache of weapons on display in his bedroom

(Newser) - Police near Philadelphia raided the home of a 14-year-old boy and seized an arsenal of weapons—including an assault rifle and homemade grenades, along with 30 air-powered guns—the boy apparently wanted to use in a Columbine-style attack. The home-schooled teen said he felt bullied and tried to recruit...

VT Student Was at Columbine

Apr 18, 2007 7:53 AM CDT

VT Student Was at Columbine

First Columbine, now Virginia Tech: Regina Rohde has lived through both

(Newser) - A veteran of the Columbine massacre has now relived that high school tragedy as a graduate student at Virginia Tech. Regina Rohde, a master's candidate in the department of fisheries and science, was a freshman at Columbine in 1999. "They're strikingly similar," Rohde says of the shootings.

32 STUDENTS DEAD AT VA TECH

Apr 16, 2007 2:37 PM CDT

32 STUDENTS DEAD AT VA TECH

(Newser) - At least 32 students are dead after a gunman opened fire on a Virginia Tech dormitory and classroom building this morning. The shooter is dead; two dozen other students were wounded in the attack. “This place is in a state of panic,” one student told CNN; others report...