tragedy averted

We debate at Rogers High School once a year. So the news that a Rogers student planned to shoot fifteen others--but was intercepted--is both relieving and distressing.

A search warrant was served Saturday morning at the boy's home and detectives recovered two rifles, two handguns, a homemade carbon dioxide bomb, and a copy of the "Anarchist Cookbook." Troyer said several computers were also confiscated.

The teen was booked into the Remann Hall juvenile custody facility and was believed to have been acting alone in the plot. He was charged Monday in juvenile court with first-degree attempted assault.

Detectives do not believe that the teen planned to target any specific victims, but rather intended to randomly kill 15 people who "did not deserve it" before taking his own life.

I try not to think of such things when I wake up in the morning and drive to school, but in these moments it's unavoidable.