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Another Teen Nabbed in Columbine-Like Plot

16-year-old sought gun used in Colorado killings

By Matt Cantor, Newser Staff

Posted Apr 25, 2008 9:04 AM CDT

(Newser) – An Indiana 16-year-old plotted a Columbine-style mass killing on September 11 and even sought the same pistol used in that attack, the AP reports. The high school student faces charges of conspiracy to commit murder when he appears in court today. Police found 100 knives in his home and say he discussed how to make explosives and obtain weapons online with an out-of-state friend.

He planned attacks in two different locations, police say. Searching his belongings, police also found illegal snakes and notes describing mass killing. He reportedly asked his friend to help him get the same 9mm gun used at Columbine. The findings echo a plot by a teen in South Carolina this week.

Columbine gunman Dylan Klebold watches as Eric Harris sets to fire a pistol in this frame grab of a video tape released by the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department in this Oct. 22, 2003 file photo. (AP Photo/Jefferson County Sheriff Dept., file )

This still frame from a video tape shows yellow evidence tags in the library at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo., after the April 20, 1999, shooting that killed 12 students. (AP Photo/HO, File)

A photo released by the Chesterfield County Sheriff's Dept. April 21 shows Ryan Schallenberger, 18, who was arrested April 19, 2008. Authorities said he planned a Columbine-inspired attack. (AP Photo/via Chesterfield County Sheriff's Dept.)

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