‘I will never be forgotten’: Horror manifesto of 13-year-old boy who worshiped Columbine shooters and took a gun to school for a mass killing – only to change his mind at the last minute and commit suicide instead
Keith Simons shot himself dead in the bathrooms of Jackson Memorial Middle School, in Ohio, on February 20
Police discovered a chilling manifesto on his phone which revealed he’d been planning to carry out a mass shooting before killing himself
‘I will never be forgotten. I’ll be a stain in American history and the Simons’ history, it’s going to be so mutch [sic] fun,’ he wrote. ‘They won’t expect a thing’
Police revealed he’d been thinking about shooting up his school for months but had been moved to take action by the Florida school shooting
He hoped to inspire other kids, as he’d been inspired by the Columbine shooters
On February 20, he brought a rifle, 80 rounds of ammo and fireworks to school and took them into the boys’ bathroom
He came out with the rifle but went back into the restroom and shot himself
Chief Mark Brink said: ‘We thank God every day, whatever changed his mind, changed his mind’
By HANNAH PARRY
DAILYMAIL.COM
2 March 2018
The terrifying manifesto of 13-year-old boy who carried a rifle into school to commit a massacre, only to change his mind at the last minute and commit suicide, has been revealed.
Keith Simons, who idolized Columbine mass shooters Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, shot himself dead in the bathrooms of Jackson Memorial Middle School, in Ohio, on February 20.
But investigators have since uncovered an eight-point plan of attack on his phone revealing the teen had been planning to murder his classmates.
The chilling manifesto, which has just been released to the public, revealed how the teen hoped his mass killing would be ‘bigger than anything this country’s ever seen.’
‘I will never be forgotten. I’ll be a stain in American history and the Simons’ history, it’s going to be so mutch [sic] fun,’ he wrote. ‘They won’t expect a thing.’
Simons also wanted his attack to inspire other mass shootings at schools up and down the country.
It’s still not clear why the 13-year-old decided not to open fire on his classmates.
Chief Mark Brink said: ‘We seriously don’t know what made him change his mind [about killing others].
‘But we thank God every day, whatever changed his mind, changed his mind.’
Simons had been planning to attack his school since the Florida high school shooting on February 14, which left 17 dead and 15 injured.
On February 20, at about 7.10am, Simons walked on to the school bus with a notable limp. Authorities now believe he may have been hiding a 22-caliber rifle down the leg of his pants.
The teen also had a backpack stuffed with 80 rounds of ammunition and an assortment of fireworks, batteries and an aerosol can which cops believe he may have been planning to use as a bomb. But bomb experts say that he didn’t have the necessary components to make a successful bomb.
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