William Whitworth: Trans woman arrested for planning mass shooting at 3 Colorado schools
ELBERT COUNTY, COLORADO: William Whitworth, a former student of Timberview Middle School is accused of allegedly planning a mass shooting in the school. Whitworth, who is identified as Lily by the prosecutors, agreed that they wanted to shoot up the school. Whitworth was arrested by members of the Elbert County Sheriff's Office on March 31.
The charges include, attempted first-degree murder, criminal mischief, menacing, and interference with staff, faculty, or students of educational institutions.The police officers found instructions on how to build homemade bombs and a whiteboard with the floor plan to Timberview Middle School in Whitworth's custody. Meanwhile, the affidavit lists the defendant as male, However, Whitworth's sister referred to Whitworth as "Lily" and described her sibling as her "sister," as per New York Post. Whitworth is currently transitioning from a male to female.
READ MORE
What were the preparations made by Whitworth?
Whitsworth was found lying in bed, drunk, in a room piled with trash that had several holes in the wall. The alleged plan had 3D printings and a manifesto that consisted of mass shooters and political commentators. Whitworth had a list of people “to be killed” in a notebook. Prairie Hill Elementary and Pine Creek High which are the part of the Academy School District 20 were also the part of the target of Whitworth. A hearing is set for May 5 for a huge amount of $75000.
The law enforcement officer spoke with the suspect, claimed that Whitworth apparently told him, “I’m al little drunk by the way." The arrest document also stated, “While waiting for the fire department to show up Lilly was asked how much she had been planning the school shooting and Lilly stated she’s about a third of the way from doing it. Lilly verified that Timberview Middle school was one of the ‘main targets’ currently and other targets were churches. Lilly was asked what kind of planning she had done, and she state layout of the school, active firearm planning and starting a manifesto.”
Statement from ASD 20 school distirct
“Unfortunately, when it’s a criminal case, there’s very little we can say it doesn’t belong to us, it belongs to the DA’s office. But what we can do is share the information that we’re allowed to do and reassure our families that we’re doing all of the right things,” ASD20 Chief Communication Officer, Allison Cortez, said. He added, “And even more reassurance that while this is not the news we wanted this morning, the right things happened. Somebody saw something, they heard something, they said something, and they potentially saved people’s lives. So, it worked," as per Fox 21 News.
