Washington CeaseFire

Okanogan County prosecutors on Wednesday charged 17-year-old Chuck Mustoe as an adult with attempted first-degree murder for the alleged plot against Chelan High School.

KOMO News normally does not identify juveniles accused of crimes, but prosecutors chose to charge Mustoe as an adult.

According to a police report, when Mustoe was interviewed by police he said he had been threatened by eight boys last summer or the year before and that the incident had "been in his mind ever since it happened."

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" The profile of the gun-toting student in a trench coat is just one of the myths about the rare but murderous attacks in the nation’s schools.

Here are 10 myths about school shootings, compiled by MSNBC.com from a 2002 study by the U.S. Secret Service and the U.S. Department of Education. The researchers studied case files and other primary sources for 37 attacks by current or former students, and also interviewed 10 of the perpetrators.

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This afternoon there is more sad news out of Detroit -- seven young people shot as they waited for the bus after a summer school session. 

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All through twitter-land today the same words keep coming up -- it's hard to believe that it's been ten years.  In article after article, blog after blog, we all try to ascertain just how and why such a tragedy happened at Columbine and why it has continued to happen since.  There are many factors that contribute to why and how such a horrific day transpires, but what we know for sure

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