High school rampage apparently prevented by students

Daytona Beach. Two attentive teenagers appear to have thwarted a school rampage in Florida. After receiving suspicious messages on the Snapchat social network from a high school graduate in the city of Daytona Beach, they went to the police, reports CBS Miami. According to the report, 19-year-old John Hagins had told the two students that they wanted to “play Columbine”. A reference to the 1999 fatal rampage at Columbine High School in Colorado.

Police find rifles and ammunition

The police took the case seriously and paid the 19-year-old a visit on Thursday morning. With him, the emergency services found a folding rifle, ammunition, six magazines, a telescopic sight and hearing protection, police chief Jakari Young told the US newspaper. Hagins was arrested outside his home. “By God’s grace, the two students came forward and foiled the plan,” Young said.

The 19-year-old now faces a penalty. He is charged with written threats of injury or death, terrorism and attempted first degree murder. “He has already confessed to making these statements on social media. He confessed. He claims that it was all a joke and that he didn’t mean it. But we don’t find anything funny about writing about a campus rampage, ”Young told CBS Miami. The police chief also pointed out that Thursday was the last day before the winter holidays. On that day, the school grounds were particularly full.

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