The two middle-school students
who were arrested after allegedly planning a shooting at their school in Lee County, Florida, attempted to recruit other students to join their plot, an arrest report in the case says.
"These conversations took place during classes, in the cafeteria, and through Zoom virtual meetings," according to the report, regarding the alleged plot at Harns Marsh Middle School.
The teens told classmates they planned to obtain weapons on the black market and showcased a map with surveillance cameras, a natural gas line and shooting locations marked, according to the arrest report. No weapons were found at the school.
Last week Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno told reporters during a news conference that search warrants executed at the students' homes turned up "a gun and several knives," among the evidence that Marceno called "disturbing," CNN has previously reported.
The arrest report says that last week, the suspects "both approached each of the students and verbally asked them if they wanted to participate in the school shooting. All the students declined to take part."
According to a sworn statement from an unnamed person included in the arrest report, the two teenagers planned to target "bullies" and identified the cafeteria as a shooting location, after they had created a diversion using gas.
