https://krdo.com/top-stories/2023/04/06/manifesto-details-former-students-plans-to-carry-out-multiple-colorado-springs-school-shootings/Quote:
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) A former Colorado Springs student faces an attempted murder charge after reportedly making threats against various schools in one of the city's largest school districts.
According to the 18th Judicial District Attorney's Office, 19-year-old William Whitworth - who identifies as "Lilly"- was charged after an investigation into "threats involving schools in Colorado Springs Academy District 20."
Whitworth was arrested by the Elbert County Sheriff's Office and formally charged with the following offenses:
Criminal attempt to commit murder in the first degree (two counts)
Criminal mischief
Menacing
Interference with staff, faculty, or students of educational institutions
A spokesperson for District 20 told 13 Investigates the suspect attended school in the district between 2014 and 2016, during which they attended both in-person and the district's Homeschool Academy.
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Once inside, deputies noted in the affidavit two holes that appeared to be punch marks in the wall. The door to a bedroom was off its hinges and lying beside the opening. Inside a bedroom, deputies found RP's sister on a bed. The sister identified herself as Lilly, but further investigation determined her birth name is William Whitworth.
The affidavit refers to Whitworth as Lilly and uses she/her pronouns.
While speaking with Whitworth, deputies noted she "appeared to be very drowsy and could not stay awake." She would answer questions with her eyes closed.
When asked if she was going to shoot up a school, the affidavit states Whitworth "visibly shook her head and down indicating yes." When asked why she'd do that, Whitworth stated, "Why does anyone do it."
According to the affidavit, Whitworth said the last school she attended was Timberview Middle School in District 20. When asked if that was the school she was going to "shoot up," Whitworth again nodded yes. When asked why that school, Whitworth stated, "No specific reason."
During the initial interaction with Whitworth, deputies noted she made suicidal statements. According to the affidavit, Whitworth also said she was "a little drunk" and swayed back and forth while walking down the hallway out of the bedroom.
While waiting for the fire department, Whitworth was asked how much she had been planning the school shooting. She stated she was "about a third of the way from doing it," verifying again that Timberview Middle School was one of the "main targets" currently and other targets were churches.
Whitworth stated she'd been planning it for a month or two, stated the layout of the school, active firearm planning, and started a manifesto.
According to the affidavit, investigators found the manifesto, a dry-erase board with floor plans, and a list of names in a notebook.
Of course the real problem is guns, not the mentally unstable/ill people being turned loose on society. /Sarcasm
Thankfully he was caught before he could kill a bunch of innocent kids. Obviously the family was playing into his delusions because he is no one's sister and never will be.
"If you will not fight for right when you can easily win without blood shed; if you will not fight when your victory is sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves." - Sir Winston Churchill
