Students who overheard a classmate boasting about a mass shooting plot alerted teachers at their central Florida charter school, and police credited them with helping avert a possible massacre. Students who said they overheard the teen believed he “was serious and they were bothered by his statements,” said a Sumter County charging affidavit. Police have not yet identified them, though they have been named by the media in central Florida. Under questioning, the suspects tearfully confessed to the plot, according to police. Investigators said the younger teen told them he had been depressed and said, “I just want to die,” NBC reported.

Source: Huffington Post January 28, 2017 01:30 UTC