Indiana -Teenager accused of having ‘occupation’ with Parkland Shooters arrested in averted school attack

An 18-year-old Indiana student has been accused of planning a mass shooting in the school on Valentine’s Day, a plan that he allegedly wrote was inspired by the 2018 school shooting in Parkland, Florida, who killed 17 people.

Jamie Shockley is accused of conspiracy to commit murders, threats: threat to commit terrorism and conspiracy simidation, according to Morgan County Court documents. No legal representation of Shockley was listed in the Court’s list.

A probable causal declaration says that Shockley identifies himself as a transient man and that Jamie is his favorite name.

On Tuesday, a caller for the FBI Sandy Hook Tip Line authorities told a friend planning a mass shooting at Mooresville High School, says Affidavit.

“Tipster said to Their friend has access to an AR15 And just ordered a bulletproof vest, “says the statement.” Tipster said this offender admires Nicolas Cruz. ”

Cruz killed 14 students and three staff at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on February 14, 2018 in one of the deadliest school shoots in modern American history. He was sentenced to life in prison in 2022 without any chance of triallessness.

Affidavit says the tip included messages that Shockley is alleged to have sent through Discord, an online social platform. One of the alleged messages said the student had been planning for a year and intended to kill one of his best friends, according to the statement.

“Parkland Part Two,” the message said according to the statement.

The FBI is tracked the ISP’s address from the Discord messages to Mooresville, Indiana, where a Mooresville -Politidetective took over the case.

Affidavit says Shockley went to a school counselor on Tuesday and expressed a “occupation” with Cruz. It claims he showed the counselor a locket he wore with a picture of Cruz inside.

Shockley’s home was sought during an arrest warrant on Wednesday, and law enforcement authorities discovered a collage of images of three school protectors, says Affidavit.

Police also found magazines for AR-15 rifles, a box of 0.40 caliber balls and a soft vest in Shockley’s father’s room, says Affidavit.

Investigators found notebooks in Shockley’s backpack that had swastics on them, as well as the words “Kill”, “Band” and “I Hate You All Die Die Die” in them, says Affidavit.

In an excerpt included in that statement dated December 17, Shockley claims to have written about depression and said he was “mercilessly a victim of bullying.”

A post last month expressed a desire to hurt others and said that the thoughts “do not stop”, according to the statement.

Shockley told police in an interview that he “joked” when he said he would “shoot the school up” and “would never do anything like it,” and he refused to have access to his father’s firearms, says Affidavit.

Shockley told police he had a plan and “had to wait for lunch because most people came out,” it says.

That statement claims Shockley admitted to having anger problems and said he had previously self -harmed.

Authorities spoke with school administrators, and an adviser at the school told police that Shockley signed up for mental healthcare on November 12, shortly after his 18 -year birthday, according to the statement.

It says Shockley expressed suicidal thoughts in the past, but that the counselor did not think he required intervention.

The counselor had worked with Shockley since he was a beginner and thought his father “did not believe in mental health care” or took his child’s relationship seriously, says Affidavit. Shockley’s father would refuse access to the mental health resources every time Shockley sought them, alleged that the counselor has said.

Shockley’s father could not be reached for comment by phone on Thursday.

The court’s records show that prosecutors made a proposal to hold Shockley without bond.

Mooresville School District said in a statement that it was made aware of the potential threat and that it was grateful for coordination between federal, state and local law enforcement.

“The student has been in custody and will not return to the school,” the district said.

The district also encouraged parents and students to contact their school offices with questions about mental health resources available to all students.

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