You know what isn't surprising? That my school tried to cover its tracks and convince everyone it was just a prank. The police are too! Look, they found the plans with yesterday's date written on it. Which was written over a month ago. The kid literally knew how to make a bomb and so it turns out, they're lying about the fact that it was some lone kid. One of them who was closely related to the incident told us there were at least three or four others involved yet they only have one? What about the others? Sure they didn't do anything today but why would they? Of course, they're going to wait a while before even thinking about trying again. Just because they're missing their so-called 'leader' doesn't mean they'll back down. Oh, and you know what else? It wasn't just high school. One of them was an eighth grader. I am aware that small towns love to spread rumors but it's almost always based on the truth. So when they say 3 or 4 there was at least one other person involved. And you know what's worse? People outside of our area are calling us liars because of the timing. Police, step up and actually inform the people. Including the parents.
No, the parents were never told about this until their kids came home from school yesterday and told them about it. They didn't want to worry us on what they believed was a 'prank' or a 'joke'. That news story isn't the least bit accurate and it makes me so mad. We were there. We heard it with our own ears. One of the kids (whom I mentioned as Kellin I think) told me the entire story. Everything he knew about it while he was at the police station- because he got dragged into it- and I'm literally so frustrated. So SO frustrated. We're fine now, yes, or so you better hope because if this becomes a problem after you guys failed to deal with it then it's going to be a lot messier than what you wanted and this time you won't be able to cover it up. People in this town may hate each other but a tragedy like this would bring everyone under the sun that owns a firearm up to the school to matters into their own hands. You can't stop the country boys.
We shouldn't be basing this on what ifs, I realize but honestly, what if?
February 2018