A student from Oklahoma is in custody on charges of plotting to bomb and shoot students at the Bartlesville High School auditorium on the same day that more than two dozen people were shot and killed at an elementary school in Connecticut.
Police arrested 18-year-old Sammie Eaglebear Chavez at about 4:30 a.m. Friday after learning of the alleged plot Thursday, the Associated Press reported.
An arrest affidavit says Chavez tried to convince other students to help him lure students into the auditorium, where he planned to chain the doors shut and start shooting.
Arrested: Sammie Eaglebear Chavez, 18, is in custody on charges he plotted to bomb and shoot students at the Bartlesville High School campus auditorium
If the students did not comply with his orders, he threatened to kill them and himself, according to the affidavit.
Chavez had planned to place bombs at the doors to the auditorium and detonate them the moment police arrived. He also reportedly told a teacher that he bought a Colt .45-caliber gun that he had been shooting over the weekend.
Witnesses said they saw him researching the Columbine High School massacre online.
The school district says students were never in danger. Chavez is being held on a $1 million bond and his next court date is Jan. 11.
Alleged plot: Chavez had planned to place bombs at the doors to the auditorium of this high school and detonate them the moment police arrived
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