When did Teens arrested shooting plot Mexico on suspicion of burglary?”
Two teens arrested in New Mexico on suspicion of burglary and theft had planned a shooting spree at a rural southwestern Colorado high school as early as this week, according to a sheriff who said he was among the targets. Dolores County Sheriff Jim Martin said Thursday that the main force behind the plot, a 16-year-old, also planned to shoot his principal of Dove Creek High School and Martin’s undersheriff, then use the law enforcement officers’ weapons to continue shooting. Others at the school, including the superintendent, also were targeted, Martin said. Martin said sheriff’s deputies recovered seven rifles, including .22-caliber weapons, shotguns and an M1 carbine, at the Dove Creek home of the 16-year-old, and three more weapons when the teens were arrested in New Mexico. “It was probably going to take place this week,” Martin said. “He had the resources and capability to do this.” Authorities learned of the plot after the other suspect, 19-year-old Cody Barr, told his family ab
Two teens arrested in New Mexico on suspicion of burglary and theft had planned a shooting spree at a rural southwestern Colorado high school as early as this week, according to a sheriff who said he was among the targets. Dolores County Sheriff Jim Martin said Thursday that the main force behind the plot, a 16-year-old, also planned to shoot his principal of Dove Creek High School and Martin’s undersheriff, then use the law enforcement officers’ weapons to continue shooting. Others at the school, including the superintendent, also were targeted, Martin said. Martin said sheriff’s deputies recovered seven rifles, including .22-caliber shotguns and an M1 carbine, at the Dove Creek home of the 16-year-old, and three more weapons when the teens were arrested in New Mexico. “It was probably going to take place this week,” Martin said. “He had the resources and capability to do this.” Authorities learned of the plot after the other suspect, 19-year-old Cody Barr, told his family about it, M
