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Police: Two Teenagers Planning School Shooting Arrested

By: KDKA-TV News Staff

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- Two teenagers who were allegedly planning a school shooting have been taken into custody by police.

Police in Johnstown say they were alerted to a security breach at Westmont Hilltop Junior/Senior High and arrested one of the boys who had been expelled.

According to police, a search of one of the suspects' home turned up at least five high-powered rifles and several other guns.

Johnstown Teenagers School Shooting
(Photo Credit: Upper Yoder Township Police)

Police say the two were in the planning stages of a school shooting.

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