An Indiana teenager who police said “identifies him as transgender” planned a school shooting and was inspired by the killer behind the Parkland massacre, investigators said. I stated.
Trinity Shockley, 18, was arrested Wednesday.
'Parkland Part 2. of course. I have been planning this for a year. ”
According to WXIN-TVShockley was charged with one count of conspiracy to commit murder (level 1 felony), one count of threats: threats to commit terrorism (level 5 felony), and conspiracy to commit threats One count: Threat to commit terrorism (Level 5 felony).
According to Affidavit Get with WishteffTipster has notified FBI's Sandy Hook Promise's Say Somethinthone Something Reporting system Tipster's “friend” had planned a school shooting on February 14th. The informant said individuals could access the AR-15 firearm and they just ordered a bulletproof vest.
Tipster said he “admires” Nicholas Cruz, a school shooter convicted of killing 17 people at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida on February 14, 2018. Ta.
The FBI investigated the suspect's accounts on the Discord Instant messaging app and the Snapchat social media app. Discord's Shockley username was “Crazy Nicolas.”
According to the affidavit, Shockley told someone on Snapchat:
Shockley is said to have been confirmed in a message that she is scheduled to launch a school shooting on February 14th and that she has no intention of committing suicide.
When asked if she had a “solid plan,” Shockley replied, “Parkingland Part 2. Of course, I've been planning this for a year.”
Around 7pm on Tuesday, the FBI flipped over from the Mooresville Police Station about possible shooting plots at Mooresville High School.
Just four hours before the FBI notified local police, Shockley was reportedly told a high school counselor that he was obsessed with Nicholas Cruz and wrote several letters to the convicted murderer. It's there.
Shockley said she was “sexually fascinated by Nicholas Cruz” and “wanted to have multiple children with Nicholas, but already named them,” according to the affidavit. I stated.
Shockley reportedly showed the counselor a heartlotte necklace with a photo of Cruz inside.
The next day, officers of the Metropolitan Police Department in Mooresville and the Morgan County SWAT team ran a search warrant at Shockley's father's apartment where she lived, finding numerous items in her bedroom.
Mooresville Police Detective Matthew McDaniel said in court records there was a photograph of Dylan Roof. He was sentenced to death in a 2015 shooting that claimed nine lives at Emmanuel Africa's Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina.
Detectives say there is a collage on the wall with photos of the roof, Cruz and Randy stairs that killed three colleagues at a supermarket in Pennsylvania in 2017. A archer to them.
McDaniel also pointed out that there is a poster for the 2003 film “Zero Day.”
“On the bookshelf, there were framed photos of people I believed to be Dylan. [sic] Roof,” McDaniel added that Shockley's laptop uses images of the cruise as wallpaper.
Police said they also found a photo album containing images of the infamous mass shooter.
The suspect reportedly decorated three notebooks decorated with Swasticus, along with the words “kill,” “van,” and “I'm going to die all.”
Affidavit – police said “she has identified as transgender” – note that a notebook written in December states:
My name is Dex I am 18 years old. Born on October 26th, 2006. I currently live with my dad. My mother has passed away. I'm Aslo [sic] Transgender man. I have a lot of murder ideas. Honestly, I want to be like Elliot Roger. He is my main influencer along with Nicholas Cruz. These thoughts seem to never stop, you might believe I'm a few edge roads, but in reality I'm just a loser. I am grateful for the opportunity to live, but in reality I am scared to live. Is that the government you ask? no. It is this sad reality living with a piece of waste in life. I hope anyone reading this will get approval and use it for your genocide. 🙂 I'll come back to write again, xoxo dex.
Elliot Roger is another mass murderer who killed six people and injured 14 in a 2014 attack near the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Police said Shockley was looking at body armor and bulletproof vest just like he did a week ago.
Another writing in the notes is said to have praised Ethan Crumbly, a Michigan school shooter who was convicted of killing four people in 2021.
The suspected writing from January 22nd said, “I can't stop thinking about Nicholas. It's impossible why he needs to be far away.”
According to the affidavit, there was a “small” AR-15 magazine, a box of .40 caliber bullets, and a soft armor vest in Shockley's father's bedroom.
According to the affidavit, Shockley told investigators that she had spoken with a school counselor before.
Shockley reportedly told detectives he was “joking” about carrying out a school shooting. She told investigators she “want to shoot at the school,” but she added, “I'll never do that and I can't access the gun.”
Shockley is said to have admitted that he “want to replicate” what Cruz did, but “never would do that.” Shockley reportedly said these thoughts were “out of anger.”
Shockley informs police that he does not have a firearm, but her father has a gun in his car.
Police said Shockley was looking at body armor and bulletproof vest just like he did a week ago.
Investigators spoke with Emily Roscoe, social-emotional learning coordinator at Mooresville Consolidated Schools.
“Miss Roscoe told me that Trinity was always looking for mental health resources from the school when she was a freshman,” the affidavit read. “She had expressed suicidal thoughts in the past, but nothing was important enough to cause intervention. Every time Trinity attempted to receive mental health support, she was told by her father, Timothy Shock. Lee would deny her access to resources.”
Two weeks after her 18th birthday, Shockley is said to have “signed mental health assistance.”
Shockley is currently in custody at the Morgan County Jail.
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