05/02/2014 Minnesota police on Thursday announced that they prevented an “unimaginable tragedy” after they learned of a 17-year-old boy’s plans to kill his family and bomb the local high school.

By Lilly Chapa

05/02/2014 -

► Minnesota police on Thursday announced that they prevented an “unimaginable tragedy” after they learned of a 17-year-old boy’s plans to kill his family and bomb the local high school. According to the Ottowa Citizen, the suspect was arrested earlier this week after a resident reported a suspicious person at a self-storage facility. “This is a classic example of citizens doing the right thing in calling the police when things seem out of place,” Capt. Kris Markeson said. The teenager told police he planned to shoot his parents and sister, start a fire in a rural field to distract first responders, and set off pressure-cooker bombs in the school cafeteria. He told officers that in the chaos, he would throw Molotov cocktails and gun down as many students as he could, and hoped that a SWAT team would kill him. Officials found a large stockpile of weapons, ammunition, and bombs in the suspect’s possession, as well as a 180-page notebook referencing the Columbine, Virginia Tech, and Sandy Hook shootings.

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