Body camera footage shows the first time police officers spoke directly with a 14-year-old boy suspected of plotting a mass shooting at Mariemont High School. Officers spoke with the boy’s father, and eventually the boy, before they let the teen leave to attend school for the day.
The 14-year-old was arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit aggravated murder after investigators uncovered a hit list that they said contained at least eight students and one teacher.
According to a police report filled out by Fairfax police on February 6, their department received a phone call from Zach Swallen , who said his son tipped him off to a classmate’s “elaborate plan” to carry out a mass shooting at Mariemont High School.
The call from Swallen came in at around 9:50 p.m. that Tuesday night. He told police his son called him and told him his life was threatened at school by another student who also made comments about “bringing a gun to school and shooting others,” the police report says.