According to open-source media, last week four High School students were arrested for plotting to conduct a “Columbine-style attack” on their High School in Dunmore, Pennsylvania. The students were planning this attack for the 25th anniversary of the Columbine High School shooting that took place on April 20, 1999.

A Molotov cocktail, components for bombs, writings on how to make bombs, and handwritten lists of guns, ammunition and tactical gear complete with prices were found at one of the teen’s homes, investigators said in a criminal complaint.

Two of the Dunmore High School students were charged as adults due to "the serious nature of the charges" while two other students were charged as juveniles, according to the district attorney's statement.

The two students charged as adults, Alyssa Kucharski and Zavier Lewis, both 15, were arrested and charged with unlawful possession or manufacture of weapons of mass destruction, terroristic threats with intent to terrorize, aggravated assault, possession of explosive material, and engaging criminal conspiracy, according to criminal complaints for the two individuals.

This plot was discovered after one of the teen’s mothers found text messages on her child’s cellphone discussing a plan to “shoot up the school”.

The Shield program was created for the sharing information, incident prevention, and the sharing of best practices (See Something, Say Something). This is just one incident highlighting of the importance of someone seeing something and saying something about it. Due to this mother’s choice of notifying police regarding the messages she discovered, a major incident has been averted!

Thank you for your diligence!