ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) — An 18-year-old Maryland high school student was charged with planning to commit a school shooting after investigators reviewed the teen’s writings and other material, including internet searches and messages, police said Thursday.
The student was arrested Wednesday by the Montgomery County Police Department.
The investigation began after a person contacted police in the Baltimore area, saying he met the teen in a psychiatric facility. The person alerted authorities to the teen’s writings, which were labeled a fictional account by their author, according to court records. But investigators wrote that they believed the document was based on the teen’s life, not entirely fictional.
The writings, which the teen called a memoir, spanned 129 pages and included an account of a character who plans a school shooting but ultimately is taken into law enforcement custody and then receives psychiatric treatment, according to police.
A Nigerian schoolgirl abducted by extremists 10 years ago is rescued pregnant and with 3 kids
Over 2,000 participate in New Year hiking event in central China
China registers progress in crackdown on cultural relic crimes
Altuve homers off Eovaldi in first 2 at
Deion Sanders' sons Shilo and Shedeur take on some recruiting duties for Colorado
Ancient tombs excavated in Guangzhou
Mets get 2 in 8th to snap scoreless tie and beat Royals 2
China to launch national survey on cultural relics
Workers at Mercedes factories near Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to vote in May on United Auto Workers union
China's Miao embroidery shows at Milan Fashion Week