Los Angeles Sheriff: Two AR-15 rifles found in home of student who made school threat

[Eugene]

Source: CBS/AP

By CRIMESIDER STAFF CBS/AP February 21, 2018, 1:40 PM

Los Angeles Sheriff: Two AR-15 rifles found in home of student who made school threat

Last Updated Feb 21, 2018 2:20 PM EST

WHITTIER, Calif. -- Police said Wednesday that they discovered two AR-15 rifles, two handguns, and 90 high capacity military-grade magazines at the home of a student who allegedly planned to shoot up his Southern California high school.

According to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, a security guard at El Camino High School in Whittier overhead a "disgruntled student" threaten to open fire on the school on Friday, just two days after 17 people were gunned down at a Florida high school.

LASD Sheriff Jim McDonnell said his department takes seriously threats of violence on school campuses. School-related threats are on the increase in LA county, and are regularly investigated by his department, he said.

In the El Camino case, McDonnell said a security guard overheard the student say he was going to shoot up the school sometime in the next three weeks. The student had an "extensive" disciplinary record and officials found that a semi-automatic weapon was registered to the student's home address, McDonnell said.

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[mr_lebowski]

1. REGISTERED ... funny how that worked ...

Might be hard to convict on this basis, but if we can confiscate the weapons (perhaps temporarily til x years good behavior or if they belong to parents then they must prove guns are locked and kid has no access and accept full legal liability if he grabs any of them) and put him on the 'no-buy' list it could at least make a dent in his ability to later carry this out or reduce the damage at least.