Teen Arrested for Alleged Plot to Shoot Up High School on Valentine's Day

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Teen Arrested for Alleged Plot to Shoot Up High School on Valentine's Day
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An 18-year-old girl, Trinity Shockley, was arrested in Indiana for conspiring to commit murder and intimidation after allegedly planning a mass shooting at her high school on Valentine's Day. Police discovered disturbing evidence in her home, including photos of mass murderers, violent illustrations, and AR-15 magazines. Shockley claimed she was 'joking' about her plans, but investigators found social media posts containing threats and evidence of her obsession with Nikolas Cruz, the shooter at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018.

Police said the 18-year-old planned a school shooting for Valentine's Day.In this booking photo released by the Morgan County Sheriff's Office, Trinity Shockley is shown.A teenage girl was arrested on Thursday for allegedly plotting a mass shooting at her high school on Valentine's Day.

It said the tip revealed that the person in question was obsessed with Nikolas Cruz, the mass murderer who opened fire at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, on Feb. 14, 2018. He killed 14 students and three staff members. She disclosed being sexually attracted to Cruz and said that "she has already named the children" she planned to have with him, according to the documents. They also claimed that she showed the counselor a heart locket necklace with Cruz's photo inside and said she had written to him several times.

Her diary entries contained confessions of self-loathing and revelations that she was bullied in school, according to official records. "These thoughts won't stop. I want to hurt others. All of the time!" the documents showed her writing last month. Mooresville Police Detective Matthew McDaniel said in court records that Shockley had received mental health counseling since freshman year and had expressed suicidal thoughts in the past but that the school said "nothing was significant enough to cause intervention."

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