Teen girls listed teacher and student targets for planned Riverside County school shooting, officials say
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Set us as preferred Two teenage girls who were arrested on suspicion of plotting a mass shooting at a Riverside County high school had revenge in mind and a list of students and teachers they planned to target, according to authorities.On Oct.
6, the FBI alerted the Corona Police Department about social media conversations about a threat to Corona High School, leading to the arrest of a 15-year-old girl, according to a department news release.Officials then identified a second suspect, a 15-year-old girl who attended Norco High School, according to the release.The names of the suspects were not released because of their age.
The date of the attack was not specified, according to the release.On Thursday, Corona Police Lt.Robert Montanez said the teens wrote down a list of students and teachers at Corona High School they intended to target, but he didn’t know the specific names and how many people were listed.
“It did seem like the plan was a focused attack on the school itself, and while they may have had specific people listed, the overarching goal was an attack on the school,” he added.The girls also researched how to obtain firearms, although none was collected for the attack, Montanez said.
They also researched past school shootings and incidents, but Montanez didn’t have information about what specific attacks the girls looked into.California A 17-year-old girl accused of livestreaming a deadly attack on a San Diego mosque is now facing murder charges.
Montanez said revenge appeared to be a motivating factor in the planned attack, but he didn’t have further details.He also didn’t know how the teens knew each other and for how long.
“While revenge does appear to be the motive, I am of course neither of these girls or the investigators and I’m not privy to the statement that was given,” he said.“I...