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Ohio’s Mariemont High School might have been the site of another mass tragedy this week. But because of the actions of one teenager, its students are safe and sound.
Boom Swallen, 15, immediately raised the alarm when one of his classmates revealed to him an elaborate plan to carry out a mass shooting at their school. The would-be shooter, a minor identified only by his initials A.B., had a gun, a hit list of at least eight students and one teacher, and “every intention” of pulling the trigger at school, according to authorities.
Swallen called his father and alerted police to the threat, even though the shooter threatened to kill him if he did. Thanks to Swallen’s tip, police uncovered a “credible plot to harm students and staff” and apprehended the suspect, Mariemont High School told families in an announcement.