Did Columbine inspire high school student to build bomb?
Sadly, yes. Eighteen year old Ryan Schallenberger, a senior from Chesterfield High School, collected all the supplies to make several bombs and planned to blow up the school. He was arrested Sunday when his parents called police about his plan.
Ryan was making the plan for the suicide attack over a year, and kept a journal with all the details including a map of the school. In his journal he praised the two teens who committed suicide after killing 13 people in the Columbine tragedy nice years ago. It seemed Ryan was trying to take revenge on what he described as those rich boys with hot girlfriends. Over the past year, he had collected all the materials need to make the bombs. When on Saturday a 10 pound bag of ammonium nitrate arrived at the house, his parents alerted the authority. They also found the journal along with audio tape made to be played after he carried out his plans. It is not clear if he planned to carry out the attack on Sunday to coincide with the anniversary of Columbine event.
What surprised everyone is that Ryan is a good student and never been in any trouble before. He even won an academic award last year.
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