'Hero' Gamer Thwarts Attack on California School by Reporting Teens Discussing Bombing Intentions Online

'Hero' Gamer Thwarts Attack on California School by Reporting Teens Discussing Bombing Intentions Online

For more than a decade, parents were inundated with unsubstantiated claims that violent video games influence children and teens to be violent. Now, from California comes the story of exactly the opposite occurring. A teenage gamer, who routinely engages in virtual violence, took action to prevent violence from actually happening. On May 11th, in Tehama […] The post ‘Hero’ Gamer Thwarts Attack on California School by Reporting Teens Discussing B…

Evergreen Middle School Attack Plot Reported by Gamer

COTTONWOOD, Calif. -- A shooting plot against a Northern California middle school was unveiled by a gamer thousands of miles away in Tennessee. Tehama County Sheriff Dave Kain said the unidentified teen was participating in an online gaming chat when he overheard two other teens discussing plans for a mass casualty event at Evergreen Middle School in Cottonwood, ABC 7 reports. The 14- and 15-year-old suspects, who are students at Evergreen Insti…