The FBI determined that Atchinson was 'cooperative' and found that he had not committed any crime. In 2016, agents visited his home and asked him about a post in which he had asked where he could purchase a 'cheap assault rifle' that would work best for a mass shooting. I go somewhere and gear up, then hold a class hostage and go apeshit, then blow my brains out.'įederal Bureau of Investigation agents had previously questioned the teen. Police discovered a thumb drive at the site of the shooting with a note reading, 'If things go according to plan, today would be when I die. Shooter William Edward Atchison joked about the Columbine school shooting in Colorado, where 13 people were killed, and posted violent and pro-Hitler thoughts in pro-Trump and alt-right forums, sometimes cribbing the name of Adam Lanza, who fatally shot 20 elementary school students in Newtown, Conn., according to The Daily Beast, before his December 7 attack at Aztec High School. The 21-year-old white man who killed two students at a New Mexico high school earlier this month reportedly went by the username 'Future Mass Shooter' online and boasted about his obsession with school shootings in forums.

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