Authorities in South Florida arrested a 19-year-old after they say they found written threats for a shooting spree and other attacks in his vehicle during a routine traffic stop. A Jupiter, Fl., police officer pulled over Henry Horton IV on September 18 for a headlight that was out on the white pickup truck he was driving, said the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office. During a search of Horton’s vehicle, the officer found multiple handwritten notes with a plan to purchase firearms and “kill everyone at OHS (Okeechobee High School) with my guns,” says a probable cause affidavit reported by CNN. Horton graduated from the high school in May 2022.
Horton told the officer he had previous mental health issues and had “been having multiple thoughts about mass homicide and want(ing) to execute them once he turned 22 years old,” according to the affidavit.
He had plans to kill 15 people from the high school on January 2, 2026, his 22nd birthday. Horton said while living in Virginia, he voluntarily admitted himself to a medical facility for a mental health evaluation due to having similar thoughts. When he was topped. Horton said he was traveling to Miami to look at a church, where he told investigators he planned to kill around 10 people after his planned 2026 attack at his former school. Horton was transported to a hospital to receive a mental health evaluation under the Florida Mental Health Act, commonly known as the Baker Act, which allows people to be involuntarily detained for up to 72 hours during a mental health crisis. Horton, who was arrested on Thursday. has been charged with intimidation with written threats to kill or harm another individual. He is jailed on a $1 million bond.
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