FREDRICKSBURG, Va. (AP) - Law enforcement officials said two Virginia students were arrested for plotting a shooting rampage at their high school. Cpt. Jeff Pearce of the Spotsylvania County Sherriff's office said Saturday that the two teens were planning to use firearms and knives to attack the students and staff at Riverbend High School in Fredericksburg.
The sheriff's office declined to name the 15-and-17-year-olds, saying it doesn't identify juvenile suspects unless they're charged with a capital felony.
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The students have been charged with conspiracy to commit murder. They are being held at the Rappahannock Regional Juvenile Detention Center.
Pearce said officials were able to thwart the attack long before the teens planned to commit it and that students and staff at the school were never in any danger.