<p>A student has been arrested for threatening to shoot inside a school in the US state of Oklahoma Friday, a day when another gunman fatally shot 20 children and eight adults in an elementary school in the US state of Connecticut.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Police arrested Sammy Chavez, 18, in the early morning at a residence in west Bartlesville, Oklahoma, on an arrest warrant for threats to kill, reported Xinhua citing TV channel FOX23. <br /><br />The arrest came on the same day when an elementary school shooting left 20 children and 8 adults dead in the US state of Connecticut, the second deadliest in US history only next to the Virginia Tech Massacre in April 2007, which claimed 33 lives.<br /><br />Police said officials from Bartlesville High School reported that a student talked about "planning a shooting at the school" Thursday morning. <br /><br />Officers began an immediate search for the suspect, who was not at school Thursday, and located him at a residence in Bartlesville early Friday morning, according to the report. <br /><br />According to court documents, the suspect tried to recruit other students to assist him in a plot to lure other students into the school auditorium, shut the doors and shoot them. <br /><br />Student witnesses also reported that the teenager claimed he would place bombs by the school doors. <br /><br />Police believed he was trying to obtain a map or blueprint of the school. He reportedly told a teacher that he had recently purchased a gun and would use it to shoot over the weekend. <br /><br />"We are extremely pleased that our students were never in harm's way," said school superintendent Gary W. Quinn.</p>
<p>A student has been arrested for threatening to shoot inside a school in the US state of Oklahoma Friday, a day when another gunman fatally shot 20 children and eight adults in an elementary school in the US state of Connecticut.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Police arrested Sammy Chavez, 18, in the early morning at a residence in west Bartlesville, Oklahoma, on an arrest warrant for threats to kill, reported Xinhua citing TV channel FOX23. <br /><br />The arrest came on the same day when an elementary school shooting left 20 children and 8 adults dead in the US state of Connecticut, the second deadliest in US history only next to the Virginia Tech Massacre in April 2007, which claimed 33 lives.<br /><br />Police said officials from Bartlesville High School reported that a student talked about "planning a shooting at the school" Thursday morning. <br /><br />Officers began an immediate search for the suspect, who was not at school Thursday, and located him at a residence in Bartlesville early Friday morning, according to the report. <br /><br />According to court documents, the suspect tried to recruit other students to assist him in a plot to lure other students into the school auditorium, shut the doors and shoot them. <br /><br />Student witnesses also reported that the teenager claimed he would place bombs by the school doors. <br /><br />Police believed he was trying to obtain a map or blueprint of the school. He reportedly told a teacher that he had recently purchased a gun and would use it to shoot over the weekend. <br /><br />"We are extremely pleased that our students were never in harm's way," said school superintendent Gary W. Quinn.</p>