SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah teenager accused of stabbing five random classmates in a high school locker room brought a martial arts stick and knives with him that day and planned to kill, authorities said in documents made public Tuesday.
After his arrest, the 16-year-old told investigators he didn’t target any particular students but simply wanted to experience what it felt like to kill as many people as possible before he died. He said he left a suicide note at home and chose to wear red because he expected blood.
The suspect spoke freely to police about how the attack felt, including observations about how easy the knife went in, seeing spurting blood and what it looked like to see people lose consciousness. He said he was able to attack more people than expected before he was stopped.
The teen began what prosecutors describe as a planned “rampage of assaults” on Nov. 15 in Orem, Utah, by coming up behind the first victim and smashing a wooden bo staff on the boy’s head, authorities say. The force broke the wooden stick, and left the victim unconsciousness and suffering a large cut and concussion.
