'JUST LIKE COLUMBINE'
Sick duo ‘bought trench coats, mapped out SWAT responses and plotted to “kill a bunch of human scum” at SEVERAL schools’
TWO teens have been charged over an alleged plot to carry out a school massacre "just like Columbine" when classes return next month.
John L Schultz IV, 18, and Donald V. Robin Jr, 17, have both been arrested as they allegedly planned to shoot up two schools in Rochester, .
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Cops received a tip-off from an informant on July 13 that Schultz said he and some of his friends were waiting for schools to open to , reports .
The teen is alleged to have bragged they were plotting to "kill as many as they can and kill themselves just like Columbine".
Eric Harris, 18, and Dylan Klebold, 17 murdered 12 students and one teacher when they stormed their school in Columbine, Colorado, in April, 1999.
Robin and Schultz are alleged to have bought themselves black trench coats similar to those worn by Harris and Klebold, reports .
Both also had tattoos of guns with quotes from Klebold and Harris and listened to music about the massacre.
They had discussed a suicide pact on Facebook and talked about killing "a bunch of human scum".
Court documents claim they also gave themselves the same nicknames used by Harris and Klebold - and sent each other pictures of the two killers.
It is alleged they planned to carry out the bloodbath when schools returned next month as most classes have been closed since March.
Detectives reportedly viewed Schultz and Robin's Facebook profiles and obtained search warrants to view their private conversations.
Police are said to have discovered multiple messages planning out massacres at Rochester High School and Caston High School in Rochester, Indiana.
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Robin allegedly said he wanted "everyone there dead, according to a probable cause affidavit.
He allegedly wrote he would kill a security guard before roaming the halls killing people before heading into classrooms.
Robin allegedly even estimated how long it would take a SWAT team to arrive at each Rochester and Caston schools.
Police claim Robin revealed he had an "itch" to shoot up a school, claiming he had once sat outside Rochester Middle School for 30 minutes with an AR15 when he was in eighth grade.
He wrote that he planned to kill 100 or more people, with 12 magazines packed in a duffel bag, and then himself before reportedly deciding it was too risky.
Meanwhile, it is alleged Schultz wrote to one unnamed friend that “we are gonna do it i wanna shoot up a school with him”.
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He added: “I want him to stay out of trouble till we can shoot up the place".
Police allegedly found a June 21 conversation revealed more details about the plan - including a potential suicide pact.
Robin is reported to have said "im killing myself after I kill a bunch of people" and "but im killing myself after I kill a bunch of people".
Allegedly, Schultz said: "I does exist donny just like no matter what im doin the same for u bc u guys are my family we had bad childhoods and we will always stick together u guys fr mean everything to me".
In another conversation on Facebook, Robin is alleged to have said he had a gun "locked in my dads safe" and later discussed shooting up an airport, festivals or Black churches.
Police also alleged Schultz had multiple conversations on Facebook about either trying to buy illegal narcotics or others asking for his help selling illegal narcotics.
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Robin also alleged had a friend buy him a hat for the band KMFDM , whose lyrics were posted by Harris before the Columbine massacre.
The friend said: "Can't believe I'm buying you a school shooter hat but if it makes you happy."
Robin is said to have replied "its not a school shooter hat, it's a band hat".
Fulton County Prosecutor Michael Marrs said: "So I mean, anytime anyone’s obsessed with Columbine, yes, it’s a fine line between free speech and when you cross the line, but I think in this case, clearly what they had done was going to interfere with the occupancy of a school."
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He added: "Anything like this, we're going to take extremely seriously because I think history has shown us that sadly, these kind of things do get carried out. And we're not going to take it lightly."
Marrs added more information about the case would be released in the coming weeks.
Charges of conspiracy to commit murder and intimidation were filed against the pair on July 30.
Schultz is being held at the Fulton County Jail and Robin, still a minor, is being held in a juvenile detention center but will be transferred when he turns 18 later this month.
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