The Brief
- A Will County boy had planned to commit a school shooting on Friday before being stopped and hospitalized, police say.
- A relative found the boy with a gun and called 911.
- Will County sheriff’s deputies found the boy and a backpack with ammunition, knives and other items.
WILL CO. Ill. – A boy in the southwest suburbs had planned to commit a school shooting on Friday, the last day of classes, and had a gun, ammunition, and knives before being hospitalized.
What we know:
A little before 1 p.m. on Friday, police were called to the 2400 block of Helmar Lane in unincorporated Plainfield Township for a suicidal male subject, according to the Will County Sheriff’s Office.…