Bartlesville, OK teen had plans to shoot up high school

[Real Deal]

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Even as investigators were unravelling the tragic events surrounding shootings at a Connecticut school on Friday, Bartlesville police were working to prevent a similar occurrence at the local high school.

 

Police have arrested an 18-year-old for allegedly planning a mass shooting at Bartlesville High School.

 

Sammie Eaglebear Chavez is in custody and was being held on a $1 million bond on charges of conspiracy to perform an act of violence involving serious bodily harm or death threats-devising plan, scheme or program of action to cause serious bodily harm or death.

 

According to a probable cause affidavit filed Friday in district court, Layne Jones, assistant principal for the high school, alerted the Bartlesville Police Department on Thursday that there had been “possible threats toward the student body by a student.”

 

Reportedly, a student confirmed to authorities that he had been in the cafeteria on Dec. 12 and that Chavez “tried to recruit other students to assist him with carrying out a plan to lure students into the school auditorium where he planned to begin shooting them after chaining the doors shut,” the affidavit states.

 

Chavez reportedly further said that if the students that were assisting him did not do as they were supposed to do that “he would not hesitate to kill them and/or himself.”

 

Police say he additionally said that he planned to “place bombs by the doors so when the police arrived he would detonate the bombs, killing the police as they entered the building.”

 

Authorities contend that Chavez had been attempting to obtain a map or diagram of the building. Chavez had reportedly told a teacher that “he had recently purchased a Colt .45 handgun and spent the weekend shooting it.”

 

Police further allege that Chavez had performed Internet searches for a “.22 caliber rifle on a machine gun platform” on school computers as recent as Nov. 30, as well as information on “how to build pipe bombs” and information on “the Columbine High School Massacre.”

 

Authorities reportedly located Chavez around 4:50 a.m. Friday at a residence on Adeline in west Bartlesville. He was taken into custody at that time and a search was conducted of the residence.

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Got his ass.

 

A friend of mine goes to high school there...about a 40-minute drive from where I live.

 

What is wrong with people?

[DunkinDerozan]

Changes have to be made to prevent people like this. Something like mental health checks in schools or something.

 

If this kid wasn't so obvious about it he could have easily pulled it off. It's such a shame that there are people on Earth like this.

[Dr. Feelgood]

Thankfully they caught him before he could go through with this.

[Real Deal]

So much for that...

 

Due to credible reports of a threat at the high school, all Bartlesville Public Schools will be closed on Wednesday, December 19. In light of the ongoing police investigation, we will be unable to provide details at this time. We expect the situation to be stabilized by the time students are scheduled to return to school on January 2, 2013. During the Winter Break we will be working with the local police department to evaluate current security at all sites and determine recommendations for the safety of our students.

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More threats to shoot up the school, and now they've launched an investigation.

 

So many scumbags in this world.

 

I'm supposed to go Christmas shopping Friday morning, in Bartlesville, at their biggest mall. It almost has me deciding to just stay home.