An 18-year-old Massachusetts man accused of making threats to “shoot up a school” was released on bond Wednesday and sent home to await trial.
According to WBZ, concerns about Ian Fotheringham began in October 2024, when he allegedly threatened to shoot up his former high school. Last month, school counselors contacted investiators saying that the teen “wanted to shoot up a school and that he’d said he was refurbishing weapons in his room.
But when Falmouth Police searched his room, they found no illegal guns.
Safety monitors again contacted authorities on September 3, saying they’d seen a man, identified as Fotheringham, behind Teaticket Elementary School and that he appeared to be casing the building.
Authorities obtained a search warrant for the teen’s entire home the next day and found photos and a journal referencing the Columbine High School shooting as well as a large 3D printer capable of making guns.
Additionally, police said, the teen told them he was part of a white supremacist group.
“There are photographs that police indicate were from the dark web showing bloody victims on the ground to include the Columbine killers themselves,” said Cape and Islands Assistant District Attorney Tom Flanagan.
Fotheringham was arrested on September 11, charged with threatened use of a deadly weapon in a public building, and ordered held without bail. But following a court appearance on Tuesday, he was granted a $2,500 bail and released, Law&Crime reported. He was ordered to wear a GPS monitor and not leave home except of legal or medical reasons.
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[Featured image: Teaticket Elementary School/Google Maps]
