4 California teens arrested in 'very detailed' high school shooting plot

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published 5 October 2015

Four teenagers were arrested Friday after police uncovered a plot to shoot and kill students and teachers at a Tuolumne, California, high school, officials said.

Tuolumne County Sheriff James Mele did not name the four male Summerville High School students, and they have not been charged. Mele said that students at the Northern California school heard the suspects talking about the shooting last week, and notified staff members, who then called the sheriff's office. "Detectives located evidence verifying a plot to shoot staff and students at Summerville High School," he said. "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."

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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

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