Chicago-area boy had planned school shooting, had gun, ammunition, police say

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.

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