US teen threatens high school slaughter
2012-12-21 08:11
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Los Angeles - Police in Arizona said they arrested on Thursday
a 16 year-old female student who threatened in an online video to "kill
everyone" at her high school then kill herself.
The young man was a student of Red Mountain high school,
in Mesa, a suburb of Phoenix, the office of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio
said in a statement.
"The threat was posted on a YouTube channel owned by a
transgender community in Toronto, Canada," the statement read.
The channel owner contacted Toronto police, who tracked the
person that posted the video to the suburbs of Phoenix. Canadian police then contacted
the sheriff's office late Wednesday, and within three hours they were able to
find the suspect's home in Mesa.
Detectives went to the home, questioned the teen in the
presence of her parents, then arrested her "after she admitted to posting
the threat".
The YouTube post alludes to the Sandy Hook Elementary School
massacre, but said that she had planned her attack "well in advance"
of the shooting there.
"I now literally have a plan of seriously hurting ...
killing ... murdering people in my high school," reads the part of the
post.
It continues: "I WORK at the high school as a student
teacher basically ... which is why no one can find out about me somewhat
accidentally planning to blow up the school. (and yes ... it would be super
easy...)."
Another possible mass tragedy
The teen told detectives that "she was scared because
she thinks she may really carry out the plans detailed in the post, and
'f@#king kill everyone,'" the statement read.
She also admitted that she had planned to "cut the
wires to the security carts" on campus to slow down a police response.
The teen's parents said that their daughter had been seen by
psychiatrist "and had recently been inquiring about where the guns were
being kept in the house. The father said he was alarmed by his daughter's
comments and took the additional safety precautions of placing trigger locks on
each gun and safeguarding them in a gun safe".
The father owns three handguns. Police let the father keep
the weapons.
"We were very fortunate on this occasion to prevent
another possible mass tragedy," Arpaio said. "It takes more than just
law enforcement though. We need the active co-operation of parents, members of
the community, and friends and neighbours to effectively stop these potential
disasters before they happen."
The teen faces charges of one count of computer tampering
and one count of threatening and intimidating, the statement read.
