Student Was Planning Campus Bloodbath With Rifle Bought on Facebook, Cops Say
A college student in Florida faces a slew of charges after tipsters informed authorities that he was planning to “enact a Columbine” on campus, referring to the 1999 Colorado school shooting that killed 15, Daytona Beach Police Chief Jakari Young said at a news conference.
John Argis Hagins IV, 19, a licensed private pilot who attends Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and allegedly planned to carry out the mass shooting on the last day of school before winter break, was arrested Thursday outside his apartment. He is accused of attempted first-degree homicide, terrorism, and making written threats to injure or kill, according to authorities.
“Today is the last day before winter break,” Young said. “Today is finals, final exams, so this was all a part of the plan... Because today, the campus will be packed. Because everybody has to be there to take their final exams. So this was all in his plan.”