A teenager in Indiana has been arrested after allegedly plotting a mass shooting at a high school on Valentine's Day. According to Statista there were 83 school shootings in the U.S. in 2024. Since the shooting at Columbine High School in 1999,

The suspect was grieving the death of their mother, bullied at school after being hit by a drunk driver and became fixated by mass shooters, police said.

A collaborative effort between law enforcement agencies has thwarted a planned school shooting set for Valentine’s Day, involving an 18-year-old Indiana woman and a 19-year-old Wisconsin resident. The Washington County Sheriff’s Office in Wisconsin acted on a tip from the Sandy Hook Promise Violence Hotline,