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Authorities: 2 Virginia students arrest in shooting plot

By Associated Press
Published: October 24, 2015, 2:39pm

FREDRICKSBURG, Va. — Two male students in Virginia have been arrested for plotting a shooting at their high school, law enforcement officials said Saturday.

The teens were planning to call in a bomb threat at Riverbend High School in Fredericksburg, which they attend, and then shoot at students and staff as they evacuated the building, said Capt.

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