{"id":50420,"date":"2021-09-09T16:09:27","date_gmt":"2021-09-09T20:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=50420"},"modified":"2021-09-09T21:08:23","modified_gmt":"2021-09-10T01:08:23","slug":"2-teens-arrested-for-plotting-school-shooting-weapons-and-map-found","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2021\/09\/2-teens-arrested-for-plotting-school-shooting-weapons-and-map-found\/","title":{"rendered":"2 teens arrested for plotting school shooting, weapons and map found"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Deputies have arrested two students on charges of conspiracy to commit a mass shooting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"ls_embed_1631217758\" src=\"https:\/\/livestream.com\/accounts\/6142119\/events\/8091964\/videos\/225775851\/player?width=640&amp;height=360&amp;autoPlay=true&amp;mute=false\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"\"> <\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno, an 8th-grade teacher at Harnes March Middle School in Lehigh Acres received information about a student who possibly had a gun in his bag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s not known how the school was being threatened, but students are safe and the school day will continue as normal, according to Alex Dworzanski, Principal of HMMS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>School administration searched the student and bag and found no gun, however; they did find a map of the school with the locations of all the school\u2019s interior cameras.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"493\" height=\"232\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/hm-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-50435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/hm-1.png 493w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/hm-1-300x141.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Deputies identified two students they say were involved in a plot to carry out a school shooting, Connor Pruitt, 13, and Phillip Bird, 14.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Marceno said the teens were extensively studying the columbine shooting incident and shooters, how to construct pipe bombs, and how to purchase firearms on the black market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/harns-marsh-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-50421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/harns-marsh-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/harns-marsh-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/harns-marsh-1-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>After searching their homes, deputies found knives and guns in their<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Marceno said both teens are well known to law enforcement and have been to their homes more than 80 times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Lee County Sheriff\u2019s Office held a news conference regarding the incident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deputies have arrested two students on charges of conspiracy to commit a mass shooting. 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