U.S. student arrested over shooting threat

 HOUSTON, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) -- A student was arrested Friday for allegedly threatening to shoot inside a school in the U.S. state of Oklahoma, local media reported.

Police arrested Sammy Chavez, 18, in the early morning at a residence in west Bartlesville, Oklahoma, on an arrest warrant for threats to kill, according to local TV channel FOX23.

Bartlesville police said officials from Bartlesville High School reported that a student talked about "planning a shooting at the school" on Thursday morning.

Officers began an immediate¹ search for the suspect, who was not at school on Thursday, and located him at a residence in Bartlesville early Friday morning, according to the report.

According to court documents, the suspect tried to recruit other students to assist him in a plot to lure² other students into the school auditorium³, shut the doors and shoot them.

Student witnesses also reported that the teenager claimed he would place bombs by the school doors.

Police believed he was trying to obtain a map or blueprint⁴ of the school. He reportedly told a teacher that he had recently purchased a gun and would use it to shoot over the weekend.

"We are extremely pleased that our students were never in harm's way," said school superintendent⁵ Gary W. Quinn.

Bartlesville police said the incident is still under investigation⁶ and they currently have no further details.

The arrest came on the same day when an elementary school shooting left 20 children and 8 adults dead in the U.S. state of Connecticut, the second deadliest in U.S. history only next to the Virginia Tech Massacre⁷ in April 2007, which claimed 33 lives.

1 immediate   

adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的

参考例句：

• His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
• We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。

2 lure   

n.吸引人的东西，诱惑物；vt.引诱，吸引

参考例句：

• Life in big cities is a lure for many country boys.大城市的生活吸引着许多乡下小伙子。
• He couldn't resist the lure of money.他不能抵制金钱的诱惑。

3 auditorium   

n.观众席，听众席；会堂，礼堂

参考例句：

• The teacher gathered all the pupils in the auditorium.老师把全体同学集合在礼堂内。
• The stage is thrust forward into the auditorium.舞台向前突出，伸入观众席。

4 blueprint   

n.蓝图，设计图，计划；vt.制成蓝图，计划

参考例句：

• All the machine parts on a blueprint must answer each other.设计图上所有的机器部件都应互相配合。
• The documents contain a blueprint for a nuclear device.文件内附有一张核装置的设计蓝图。

5 superintendent   

n.监督人，主管，总监；(英国)警务长

参考例句：

• He was soon promoted to the post of superintendent of Foreign Trade.他很快就被擢升为对外贸易总监。
• He decided to call the superintendent of the building.他决定给楼房管理员打电话。

6 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

7 massacre   

n.残杀，大屠杀；v.残杀，集体屠杀

参考例句：

• There was a terrible massacre of villagers here during the war.在战争中，这里的村民惨遭屠杀。
• If we forget the massacre,the massacre will happen again!忘记了大屠杀，大屠杀就有可能再次发生！