(Newswire.net — October 5, 2015) Tuolumne, CA — Just a day after after a mass shooting at an Oregon college, police arrested four teenagers for plotting a massacre in their own high school, the Reuters reported. According to the authorities, they have been plotting to “shoot and kill as many people as possible” at their high school in Tuolumne, California.
The names of the teenagers plotting the massacre have not yet been released, however, authorities confirmed they are students of the Californian school they planned to attack.
All suspects were apprehended at their homes on suspicion of conspiracy to commit an assault with deadly weapons.
“The suspects’ plan was very detailed in nature and included names of would-be victims, locations and the methods in which the plan was to be carried out,” Tuolumne County Sheriff James Mele told reporters.
After the Oregon college shooting every whisper of possible students wrongdoing is taken seriously. The police reported that an investigation started after classmates told the school staff they overheard students talking about a murder plot. The school then alerted the police who after investigation arrested four students and charged them with conspiracy to commence multiple murders in their high school.
“Detectives located evidence verifying a plot to shoot staff and students at Summerville High School,” Mele said. “They were going to come on campus and shoot and kill as many people as possible on the campus.”
The suspects were arrested at the last moment, according to Mele. They were “pretty doggone close” to being able to carry out the attack, as they were in the process of securing their murder weapons, Mele said.
According to County Sheriff Mele, a possible motive could be bullying in combination with aggressive video games, which could instigate a thirst to kill. It is unclear though if the students were the bully or the bullied party who planned the revenge.
“Cyber-bullying is a problem in our society,” Sheriff Mele said. “I think children today have a hard time trying to understand what reality is and what is fiction.”
According to national statistics, video games still can’t be associated with aggressive behavior but the most influential media is the Television.