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 Detectives were tipped off to the plot by South Pasadena High
School administrators and arrested the two students after serving
search warrants at each of their homes, the South Pasadena Police
Department said in a statement posted online.
"Enough evidence was discovered, and based on that evidence the two
students were arrested," the statement said, though it did not
identify the pair or make clear when they were taken into custody.
One of the youths was detained without incident, while the second
student "resisted arrest and officers had to force entry into his
residence," police said in the statement.
"He was captured in the home as he tried to run away from the
arresting officers," police said.
No further details of the alleged plan to attack the school were
given, except that police said the two youths were "plotting to kill
three staff members and as many students as possible with firearms."
"This is a prime example of school officials recognizing suspicious
behavior," police Sergeant Brian Solinsky said in the statement. "It
was this information that helped prevent a horrific tragedy."
Police were expected to reveal more details of the arrests and their
investigation at a news conference set for Tuesday morning in South
Pasadena, an affluent suburban town of some 24,000 residents about
eight miles northeast of downtown Los Angeles.
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Just over 1,500 students are currently enrolled at the high school,
according to its website.
News of the two arrests in Southern California came three weeks
after a judge in Minnesota dismissed attempted murder and property
damage charges brought against a teenager there who was accused of
planning a shooting and bomb attack on his high school. Prosecutors
said they planned to appeal that ruling.
(Editing by Matt Driskill)
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