A California teenager was obsessed with a school shooting and was planning to ‘repeat’ the Columbine tragedy.
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A California teenager obsessed with school shootings planned to shoot students at his own high school. He wanted to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the Columbine school tragedy, reports NewYorkPost.
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Sebastian Villaseñor, 18, was arrested Feb. 11 at his home in Eastvale, about 70 kilometers east of Los Angeles. There, according to police, he had access to seven rifles, two revolvers, a shotgun and more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition.
Threats and obsession
According to the charging document, Villaseñor made threats that were “unequivocal, unconditional, immediate and specific.”
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Villaseñor, who had no previous run-ins with the law, was arrested after a classmate reported that Villaseñor “showed signs of being fixated on school shootings and had access to guns,” Ontario Police Chief Michael Lorenz said.
“What we discovered in our investigation showed that Villaseñor had every intention of carrying out a shooting at an Ontario Christian high school,” Lorenz said on Feb. 14.
“We learned that Villaseñor was obsessed with school shootings and police response times,” Lorenz added. “He researched tactics and chose a specific date for the school shooting.”
Villaseñor planned to carry out the killings on April 20, the 25th anniversary of the 1999 Columbine High School shooting in Colorado, the chief said. As a result of that tragedy, 15 people died, including two armed teenagers.
He was charged Feb. 14 with five counts of attempted murder and one count of attempting to make criminal threats.
Specific future victims
Charging documents state that Villaseñor threatened at least five people – four girls and one boy.
Although he did not have a written “hit list” or “manifesto,” police believe Villaseñor zeroed in on five specific Ontario students as the intended victims.
Lorenz said investigators determined Villaseñor was not “bullied or harassed” at school but had difficulty “forming relationships with other students.”
The police chief called the unnamed student who raised the alarm about Villaseñor a “hero.”
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“This student saved lives, saved families from losing children and a community from being devastated by a senseless act of violence,” Lorenz said.
Ontario Christian High School principal Ben Dykehouse said he is grateful to God, police and the student “who was brave enough to speak up about his suspicions.”
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