Hilliard Davidson High Teen Indicted For Planning School Shooting

COLUMBUS, OH — John Staley III created diagrams of Hilliard Davidson High School, made lists of weapons and ammunition and tried to recruit other students into a plan for a mass shooting, prosecutors said at a Columbus court Thursday.

A Franklin County grand jury handed down an indictment against the 17-year-old. He has been charged as an adult on a conspiracy to commit murder charge.

Staley's attorney Stephen Palmer said Friday that experts concluded his client was "amenable" to being treated and rehabilitated in the juvenile court system instead of adult court. (For more local Columbus news, subscribe to the Columbus Patch for free and receive daily newsletters and breaking news alerts.)

Prosecutor Ron O'Brien says Staley was suspended from his school in October 2016 after a student heard Staley discussing a shooting plot on a school bus.

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