In 2003 a kid from my HS was arrested as he was about to go on a killing spree. (PIC)

[captainspoon]

For some reason I remembered this today. He was 2 grades ahead of me and had just graduated.




Some of you guys might remember it, especially you NJ/PA/DE/NY brahs where it might have been local news. Here are the links to some of the stories but I'll provide a somewhat cliffed version that I have mostly from memory.

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/07/ny...=matthewlovett
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/10/ny...=matthewlovett
http://articles.cnn.com/2003-07-07/u...eries?_s=PM:US

The kid, Matt Lovett was a senior when i was a sophomore and he was the kid you could instantly spot as the "outcast/weirdo/loser" (I feel bad saying that) within the 1st week of school. His look was something along the lines of shoulder length unclean hair, acne, skinny/unathletic, tight-odd colored sweatpants that didnt come all the way down his leg, high socks pushed down covering the rest of his leg and beat up sneakers. You could tell he was probably a very unhappy person and likely made fun of on a daily basis. All that said he seemed like a quiet/shy/nice enough guy. Even had a few other "loser" friends I believe.

People were ALWAYS saying "LOL dont make fun of him hes gonna go Columbine on our school LOL" and **** like that, i even remember it being said for him to hear! I never thought anything of it and just figured he had accepted his tortured HS existence. I never personally made fun of him or even really had any contact with him that I can remember. A good friend of mine had a electronica class where he sat next to him and said he talked to him sometimes and he was a decent dude and really not as bad as everyone said. He also had the mentality that "if im nice to him atleast he wont wanna kill me incase he does snap"

Some background of his life: Mom died when he was like 8 or 9, his brother had a severely cleft lip and had over a dozen face surgeries so he got made fun of that stuff when he was a kid (yes extremely fukked up stuff but kids at those ages can be cruel). He lived in the town next to mine, the kids from this town had a school for elementary and middle school then transfered into my HS. My mom worked at this school and remembers him being teased so bad at lunch one time THAT HE PEED HIMSELF INFRONT OF EVERYONE! Heartbreaking stuff. Also came to find out he and the kids he plotted with believed he had super strength (he didnt even lift) and super powers. Kinda thought he was Neo from the Matrix.

Advance to the day it all happened- I wake up, go downstairs and see the newspaper on the kitchen table. I start to look for the sports section when i see in the biggest newspaper font i have seen to this day "DISASTER AVERTED" and his mugshot on the front page. So im naturally like "holy ****!" I sit down and read all the **** about the plan.

He (18) and a 14yr old and 15yr old had armed themselves with a bunch of his dads WWII Era guns/ammunition, knives and other weapons. He had made a list of the people who had made fun of him the worst in HS, with their address and was going to slaughter them all and then go on a random killing spree around town shooting/stabbing whoever they saw and were later found to have "no intention of being taken alive"

So they all strap up and head out that night. They attempt to carjack this guy on his way home from a late night at work. He stops, they point the gun in his window and he speeds off and then calls police when he gets home. Police find the 3 and Lovett (the leader) points a gun at the cop, cop doesnt draw weapon and talks him into putting the gun down, all 3 taken to jail.

It's all over the news the next week or so, pretty sure it made national news as well, since hes 18 he gets tried as an adult. I remember at the time rooting for him to get sent to jail for as long as possible (not sure why) and he got a 10 year sentence for his plot. Now all i do is feel bad for the guy, trust me when i say jail is no place for him. He probably has had one of (and still having) the worst life's of anyone I have ever encountered....sad stuff



***Cliff Cliffs
- Biggest outcast/loser from my HS always got made fun of and people always joked he would shoot up the school
-Kid had horrible life: bad clothes/looks, mom died as a child, brother cleft lip and 13 facial surguries
-made fun of so bad that he peed himself at lunch one time
-thinks he has super strength/powers (didnt even lift)
-hatches plan to kill all the people that were the cruelest to him in HS and then just slaughter randoms around town
- "had no intention of being taken alive"
- takes dads WWII-Era guns/ammo and knives
- fails at carjacking attempt
- police come, he points gun at cop, cop talks him down
- arrested and big time news
- currently serving 10 years in prison

[datboigene]

man high school is cruel

[Robination]

"no intention of being taken alive"

Lovett (the leader) points a gun at the cop, cop doesnt draw weapon and talks him into putting the gun down

what the fawk

[captainspoon]

man high school is cruel

yea man...i wonder if those kids realize what theyve done and if they changed at all

[SchwartzTutty]

can't blame him.

If he were to kill those who drove him to this, then no prob.

The only thing I dissaprove is the killing of those who had nothing to do with this.

Kid had balls

[be.BUILT]

lol he gonna get raped in prison

[Bullet11]

Born free and still they hate

[NUHusky14]

so much fail for that kid...

that's too bad though i srsly hate and despise school bullies

[mfitty9000]

crazy to think what could have happened

to be honest, this sounds terrible but he should have killed himself instead of getting arrested. 10 years in prison with that background, i bet his life is worse then hell. its like plot to shoot up a school, attempted carjacking, pointing gun at a cop. you know you are absolutely fuked.

[KANOU9]

probably after his 10 year penalty will go out and do killing spree "faster" style

[otterakl]

can't blame him.

If he were to kill those who drove him to this, then no prob.

The only thing I dissaprove is the killing of those who had nothing to do with this.

Kid had balls

Wait, what???

So the appropriate response to be being teased is murder?

[captainspoon]

can't blame him.

If he were to kill those who drove him to this, then no prob.

The only thing I dissaprove is the killing of those who had nothing to do with this.

Kid had balls

Thats the part that's fukked too, could been any decent person. Plus this happened around July 4th so we had only been out of school for about 2 weeks. Had he decided to just do it in school like any normal person i coulda been swiss cheese.

lol he gonna get raped in prison

fo sho

[UtahGetMe2]

"had no intention of being taken alive"

[DeepUK]

I feel bad for the dude and the kids who were pricks to him will get what they deserve, however how can he justify killing random people who did nothing to him. I understand he wanted revenge against people he felt made his life hell but as soon as I read he was gonna take out randoms who did nothing to him it made me glad he was in prison.

Edit : schools need to be more strict on pupils, if a kid is tormented by pupils on a daily basis then of course this type of **** is gonna happen. This kid IMO is a victim of society and now look where he is

[RD1234]

he is lucky the cop didnt fire at him

[cphustla]

hope you were on the list.

[ImpulsePainter]

probably after his 10 year penalty will go out and do killing spree "faster" style

Yeah, except this time he's had 10 years to plan it, while being able to talk to other violent criminals for advice.

[captainspoon]

probably after his 10 year penalty will go out and do killing spree "faster" style

Really isnt much to live for i would imagine...and no hes in an even worse hole

[Shugga_Free]

looks like he woke up and got dressed in the matrix brah

[captainspoon]

hope you were on the list.

i doubt it. I got him out in dodge ball once but that hardly justifys my killing

[jro9999]

can't blame him.

If he were to kill those who drove him to this, then no prob.

The only thing I dissaprove is the killing of those who had nothing to do with this.

Kid had balls

dumbest logic ive ever heard

"oh lets not blame the kid for plotting and planning murders"

oh right, cus it was the bully's that stocked up on ammo and tried to carjack someone with the intent of becoming a mass murderer

bullying is stupid, but your logic of letting the person become a sociopathic murderer is 100 times worse

[mfitty9000]

he is lucky the cop didnt fire at him

or unlucky, depends how you view it

im impressed though by the cop, he was probably in his rights to shoot the kid for pointing a gun at him, but im not positive on the laws. still props to the officer.

i think that kid will be the most fuked up person ever when he gets out of prison though, srs can you imagine when he gets out? wtf is he going to do with his life? unless he was in protective custody for 10 years he'll have been raped, beaten, i would have rather just been shot dead on that day

[bottlez]

what happened to hsi brother?

[boardertown]

Kid had balls

if he had balls he would of stuck up for himself the first time someone tried to bully him

[captainspoon]

or unlucky, depends how you view it

im impressed though by the cop, he was probably in his rights to shoot the kid for pointing a gun at him, but im not positive on the laws. still props to the officer.

i think that kid will be the most fuked up person ever when he gets out of prison though, srs can you imagine when he gets out? wtf is he going to do with his life? unless he was in protective custody for 10 years he'll have been raped, beaten, i would have rather just been shot dead on that day

i honestly doubt he wanted to live even before prison...always looked sad/had his head down

[captainspoon]

what happened to hsi brother?

good question...i dont think he was in my HS yet and would have been coming in the next year. I actually kinda remember hearing that he was sent to some school like 40 minutes away (40 minutes away=far in my area)

[HMFIC_BROWSIN]

we had one kid in highschool who made a cartoon video of our HS getting shot up columbine style.

ppl were like.... uh.... okay.....

[strunz]

so sad. if my kid ever gets made fun of/ hear him and his friends making fun of kids im gunna give them a little life lesson.. push them into a corner and MAKE them listen that its a serious matter

[Nick817]

[HMFIC_BROWSIN]

Another thing, if that kid actually lifted, none of this would have happened. I can almost guarantee it.