John Hagins, Embry Riddle student, was arrested after the police caught him with ammunition in his bag for a planned mass shooting.
John Hagins is a 2020 graduate of Monsignor Edward Pace Highschool who was caught in the Daytona Beach Area.
He was stopped from implementing a planned mass shooting at Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, according to the authorities.
The police officers caught him in front of his apartment with a collapsible rifle and loaded magazines in his backpack.
Apparently, Hagins had planned a mass murder on the last day of his college and had just recently shared the information with two other students on Snapchat.
Those two students informed the police and the officers captured him the next morning.
New booking photo of @EmbryRiddle student accused of plotting campus mass shooting. 19yo John Hagins arrested outside off campus apartment this am allegedly carrying collapsible rifle, ammunition and more in backpack. @DaytonaBchPD say plot thwarted when other students reported. pic.twitter.com/wsf5v6ljdW
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Is Embry Riddle Student John Hagins Arrested?
Yes, John Hagins, a student at Embry Riddle University, is arrested after his planned mass shooting was busted by the police.
Thanks to the information provided by two other students that, Hagins shared the dorm with, the arrest was possible before anything happened.
John was detained just three and a half miles away from the institute, near his apartment.
On-duty officers also revealed the ammunition that he was carrying, which reads as a riffle, six loaded magazines, and four boxes of ammo, as per CBS Miami.
Hagins was talking about ‘to enact a Columbine’ through the Snapchat message.
How Old Is John Hagins?
Embry Riddle Student, John Hagins’s age is 19 years old.
The official sources, while reporting the news of his arrest, mentioned him at the age of 19 but his exact birth date remains unknown
We can guess his birth year to be in 2002.
He just passed high school and is a first-year student at the University.
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John Hagins, 19, of North Miami, faces charges in the incident.
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John Hagins Parents
No information about John Hagins’s parents is available on the internet at the moment.
He was detained only on Thursday and further investigations about any other involved people are going on at the moment.
Meanwhile, the authorities have not disclosed any personal information about the teenage boy.
Thus, we will have to wait for some time until the detailed data gets released.
John Hagins Charges And Jail Sentence
John Hagins is apprehended with three felony charges while the jail sentence is still awaiting.
Hagins is charged with writing threats to injure or kill, terrorism, and attempted first-degree homicide, as reported by Wesh.
As things stand, further procedures for the inquiry are going on and he is yet to be presented in the court.
His jail sentence will only be given after the court decides its verdict.