14-year-old boy's plan for a 'massacre' at high school included color-coded maps: Police
Story by Jamie Frevele • 13h
A 14-year-old boy from Washington state was charged with attempted murder after a tip from Florida led police to believe that he was allegedly planning a mass shooting.
Mason Bently-Ray Ashby, 14, made his first juvenile court appearance on Wednesday and pleaded innocent to 13 charges including attempted murder in connection to social media posts he made late last month in which he allegedly said he was planning a "massacre" at Kamiakan High School in Kennewick, Washington. According to court documents obtained by local CBS outlet KEPR, Ashby allegedly posted a color-coded map of the school on TikTok that included a legend with labels including "gear up," "targets," "potential targets," "glass," "be wary of," and "exit."
Someone from Florida reportedly saw the Sept. 19 TikTok post and alerted the FBI.
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KEPR reported that the FBI alerted the Kennewick Police Department after midnight on Sept. 20 after determining where the poster was located. The police investigation into the cell phone data connected with the post led authorities to Ashby, a freshman at Kamiakan High School.
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