Synopsis: A high school student in Maryland has been detained after her parents informed local authorities that she might be planning a mass murder at her school. When police searched her home they found a shotgun and ammunition, along with materials for a pipe bomb. The 18-year-old has been taken into custody, and is undergoing evaluations at a local hospital.
Analysis: With Sandy Hook so close in our rear view mirror, it's hard not to be paranoid about such attacks. Whether Nichole Cevario would have followed through with her plans, we fortunately will never truly know. I can't imagine the fear members of her community are experiencing. We always think, "that could never happen here," until the impossible becomes reality. Hearing about something like this makes you grateful and scared all at once. I hope I never have to hear of another school shooting in my lifetime. But I guess that's a lot to ask.
Synthesis: This news is eerily similar to the Columbine High School shooting in 1999. Two teens attending school there brought weapons into the school and planted bombs. It ended up being one of the worst school massacres in history, and by far one of the most infamous.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/27/us/frederick-county-school-shooting-plot/index.html
This is so scary. I'm glad they found out she was doing something like that before something worse happened.
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