Oregon school attack plan

Oregon school attack plan, An Oregon teen is accused of plotting to blow up his high school in an attack “modeled after the Columbine shootings,” prosecutors said Saturday. Grant Acord, 17, was booked into a juvenile jail Thursday and faces an attempted aggravated murder charge after police received a tip.

Investigators in Benton County, about 75 miles south of Portland, said they found six explosives — including pipe bombs, Molotov cocktails and a napalm bomb — in a secret compartment in Acord’s bedroom. They also allege the teen had written a checklist and timeline for the attacks, although prosecutors wouldn’t divulge when West Albany High School in Albany might have been targeted.

Police did a sweep of the school but found no bombs. They were scheduled to do another one using bomb-sniffing dogs before students returned to class following Memorial Day weekend.

“That said there were also some indications that (the attack) could happen at any time, too,” Benton County District Attorney John Haroldson said at a news conference. “So you have — A — the methodical planning and then — B — I suppose he could get really excited about it and go early.”

Acord, a West Albany junior, is being prosecuted as an adult and also faces bomb-making charges. The aggravated murder charge stems from evidence allegedly showing Acord was “inspired” by the 1999 massacre at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo.

“In this case, we would be relying upon evidence of plan — diagrams, checklists, a plan to use explosive devices and firearms to carry out a plan specifically modeled after the Columbine shootings,” Haroldson said.
He added that he’s unaware of the types of problems Acord might have been having at school and if he was ever suspended.

“In any case that you have a young person that in essence plans to take a video game approach to killing people at school, you have to take a close look at the mental health issues,” Haroldson said. “And the process will certainly provide for that once he’s represented by counsel.”

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