Cops arrest suspect allegedly planning to shoot up multiple Colorado schools

KARAH RUCKER: LAW ENFORCEMENT IN COLORADO SAY A MASS SCHOOL SHOOTING HAS BEEN PREVENTED AFTER A 19 YEAR OLD SUSPECT WAS ARRESTED.

A MANIFESTO ALLEGEDLY REVEALS DETAILED PLANS TO CARRY OUT MULTIPLE SCHOOL SHOOTINGS IN COLORADO SPRINGS.

THE ARREST COMES LESS THAN TWO WEEKS SINCE A SCHOOL SHOOTER KILLED THREE STUDENTS AND THREE FACULTY MEMBERS AT A NASHVILLE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY.

WHILE DETAILS FROM THE NASHVILLE SHOOTER’S MANIFESTO HAVE YET TO BE RELEASED – WE’RE GETTING A LOOK INSIDE THE COLORADO SUSPECT’S MIND THROUGH HER MANIFESTO.

ACCORDING TO AN AFFIDAVIT – 19 YEAR OLD WILLIAM WHITWORTH – A TRANSGENDER WHO GOES BY “LILLY” – HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER FOR THREATENING TO SHOOT UP SCHOOLS IN COLORADO SPRINGS. THE SUSPECT WAS A FORMER STUDENT AT SCHOOLS ON HER LIST TO SHOOT UP.

A SIBLING OF WHITWORTH’S CALLED POLICE TO REPORT THEIR SISTER HAD THREATENED TO CARRY OUT A SCHOOL SHOOTING. INVESTIGATORS FOUND A MANIFESTO, A DRY-ERASE BOARD WITH SOPHISTICATED FLOOR PLANS, AND SUICIDAL NOTES.

WHITWORTH HAD BEEN PLANNING THE SCHOOL SHOOTING FOR MORE THAN A MONTH – WRITING A FOUR-PAGE MANIFESTO – TARGETING SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES.

POLICE FOUND RESEARCH ON EXPLOSIVE DEVICES – FIREARMS TRAININGS AND HOW TO 3D PRINT WEAPONS – A LIST OF INDIVIDUALS TO BE KILLED – AND A LIST OF SCHOOLS TO TARGET.

DURING AN INTERVIEW WITH POLICE – AN OFFICER ASKED WHITWORTH WHY SHE WAS GOING TO SHOOT UP A SCHOOL. WHITWORTH REPORTEDLY REPLIED SAYING QUOTE “WHY DOES ANYONE DO IT.”

WHEN ASKED IF SHE WAS REALLY GOING TO CARRY OUT THE SHOOTING – WHITWORTH NODDED HER HEAD INDICATING YES. A PRELIMINARY HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR MAY FIFTH. 

WHITWORTH IS BEING HELD ON A 75 THOUSAND DOLLAR BOND.