Police: School shooter aimed to kill stepbrother, herself
ALPINE, Texas — A 14-year-old female freshman who shot and wounded a fellow student at a West Texas high school before killing herself had planned to shoot her 14-year-old stepbrother before shooting herself, police have concluded.
But that plan was foiled when a 17-year-old junior encountered the armed freshman Thursday in the girls’ restroom at Alpine High School, Chief Russell Scown of the Alpine Police Department said in a statement issued Tuesday.
Scown said the girl had brought a 9-millimeter semi-automatic handgun, 18 bullets and an ammunition magazine from home, all concealed in her backpack.
“Investigators have determined that she intended to shoot her 14-year-old stepbrother and then shoot herself while inside the school. Her plan was interrupted when a 17-year-old female, a junior student at the school, entered the restroom,” Scown stated. He did not say how investigators determined that the stepbrother was targeted.