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[quote=Anonymous]WaPo story has a bit more detail in its reporting: https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/01/09/wootton-high-shooting-threat-maryland/ [QUOTE]Alex Ye, 19, of Montgomery County, faces up to 10 years in prison at a sentencing hearing set for late next month. “It is clear to the court that Alex was fully aware of the impact of his statements,” Judge Jill Cummins said from the bench. “He recognized his statements were terroristic threats.” Ye, who lived in a townhouse with his parents in Rockville, showed little reaction as Cummins issued her verdict. While being led out of court in handcuffs, he nodded slightly toward his mother and father in the front row. Ye had elected to be tried in front of a judge last month rather than a jury. Prosecutors built their case from concerns over Ye’s behavior while a student at Wootton, online messages he sent to a friend, social media posts and — perhaps most important — a 129-page book he wrote and shared with the same friend on March 3, 2024. “I want to shoot up my school,” Chapter 1 began. “I’ve been preparing for it for the past few months.” “As I walk through the hallways, I cherry pick the classrooms that are the easiest targets,” he wrote a page later. “These ones are close to the entrance and have windows in the doors. I need to figure out how I’ll sneak the gun in. Maybe a duffel bag will work.” Ye had gone to Wootton, a D.C.-suburban school filled with high-achieving and college-bound students, and was also driven to apply for college and succeed there, according to trial evidence. “Alex Ye is smart,” Cummins noted, while adding that he had “an unhealthy obsession with school shootings and their shooters.” Evidence at the trial showed that Ye had drawn a stick figure of a person holding a rifle and had a layout diagram of Wootton. Among his internet searches: “gun range near me,” “I do recognize that my plan is fully ethical. It’s selfish and evil,” “2023 mass shootings” and “how many people did Adam Lanza kill.” Lanza carried out a mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012. “He was clearly planning and making progressions,” Assistant State’s Attorney Karen Mooney said in her closing argument.[/QUOTE][/quote]
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