Family member thwarts juvenile's alleged plan to carry out shooting at Illinois elementary school

Family member thwarts juvenile's alleged plan to carry out shooting at Illinois elementary school

A family member thwarted a juvenile's alleged plan to carry out a shooting at a Joliet elementary school on Friday afternoon, after the relative discovered the juvenile was armed and called 911 while holding him down.

School Shooting Stopped in Chicago Suburbs

A school shooting at an elementary school in Illinois may have been stopped at the last possible second on Friday, and once again the difference between another national tragedy and a quiet local news story appears to have come down to sheer luck and one person acting fast. According to the Will County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were called to a home in Plainfield Township shortly before 1 p.m. after reports of a suicidal juvenile armed with a g…