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US teen found guilty over shooting plot

US teen found guilty over shooting plot

An American student from Oklahoma has been convicted in a plot to kill students and teachers in a mass shooting at his school.

The 19-year-old Sammie Eaglebear Chavez was found guilty of planning to cause bodily harm and recommended a 30-month prison term and $5,000 fine.
However, he was not found guilty of conspiring to perform an act of violence.
The student was arrested last December hours before gunman Adam Lanza opened fire at Sandy Hook elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, killing 20 children and six adults before taking his own life.
Chavez testified that he had no intention to shoot or bomb his school in Bartlesville, Okla.
School officials called police after one of the students told them about the case. The teenager planned to recruit some of his classmates for the shooting.
According to prosecutors, the student tried to obtain a map of the school campus and had used a school computer to get information about a platform to support a .22-calibre rifle.

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