Teen Arrested and Charged With Planning a Mass Shooting at Ohio Synagogue

Authorities in Ohio arrested and charged a 13-year-old boy for making a detailed plan to carry out a mass shooting at a synagogue in Canton, Ohio, newly revealed court documents show.

Local NBC affiliate 3News obtained the documents from a Stark County court official, which showed that teen has been charged with two misdemeanors including, inducing panic and disorderly conduct.

The teen’s name has been redacted do to his age in the documents, which added:

(Name redacted) did create a detailed plan to complete a mass shooting at the Temple Israel on the Discord platform which was reported to law enforcement and required an immediate investigatory response and notification of public individuals and agencies including the school system in which caused significant public alarm within those agencies.

NBC News noted that authorities first became aware of the plot on September 1st and notified the school system, “which caused significant public alarm within those agencies,” according to the filing.

The Anti-Defamation League released a statement, saying, “We’re horrified that a young teen has been arrested and accused of planning a mass shooting at a synagogue in Canton, Ohio. We thank law enforcement for its thorough investigation.”

The teen is also accused of “sharing his plan on the online chat platform Discord, which has been used by previous mass shooters to discuss their plans and in some instances their extremist ideologies before their attack was executed,” added NBC.

The charges come amid a stark rise in anti-Semitic incidents in the U.S. amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, including shots being fired at a synagogue in Albany, New York last week and a couple being beaten in Beverly Hills earlier in the week while en route to their local synagogue.

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