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College track star arrested after knives, tactical vest, empty ammo boxes discovered in dorm room
theblaze.com ^ | April 11, 2023 | CORTNEY WEIL

Posted on 04/12/2023 8:51:38 AM PDT by lowbridge

A college student in Minnesota has been arrested after prosecutors say they found evidence that he was "planning a mass casualty event."

On April 5, custodians at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota, discovered empty boxes which once contained ammunition and high-capacity magazines in a garbage can outside one of the dorms. The custodians alerted authorities, who reportedly traced the packages to a dorm resident, 20-year-old sophomore Waylon Kurts, a member of the St. Olaf track team.

In Kurts' dorm room, investigators allegedly discovered a trove of weapons and tactical gear, including knives, a protective vest, propane, fireworks, information about local radio frequencies, a lock pick set, and firearm earmuffs and magazines, though no actual firearms.

They also allegedly found several notebooks detailing Kurts' plans to steal additional ammunition from Walmart as well as a map of the St. Olaf campus, where Kurts noted various entry and exit points at a recreational facility.

One section of the notebook even discussed the best places to aim for on the human body. "Shoot a person in 3 areas: Upper thorasic [sic], T-zone on face, Pelvis is a good target," Kurts wrote, according to the criminal complaint. "7/10 people shot with handguns survive. Shoot a lot," he allegedly wrote elsewhere.

In subsequent searches of his phone and vehicle, police say they discovered that Kurts had a co-conspirator. In one particularly disturbing text, Kurts reportedly sent the individual a picture of a campus bench with the message "Kids’ve got no idea what's in here, haha."

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Miscellaneous; Society
KEYWORDS: christians; education; elca; kurts; lutherans; luthycollege; minnesota; olaf; paulrogosheske; stolaf; waylonkurts
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1 posted on 04/12/2023 8:51:38 AM PDT by lowbridge
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2 posted on 04/12/2023 8:57:21 AM PDT by The Louiswu
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To: lowbridge

Another homicidal tranny?


3 posted on 04/12/2023 8:57:30 AM PDT by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: The Louiswu

Just saw a picture of him. Creepy. The eyes...

These people are possessed, or something.


4 posted on 04/12/2023 9:00:23 AM PDT by Deo volente ("When we see the image of a baby in the womb, we glimpse the majesty of God's creation." Pres. Trump)
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To: Menehune56

Hate to judge by a photo but…


5 posted on 04/12/2023 9:04:11 AM PDT by Dogbert41
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To: Menehune56; TexasFreeper2009

“Another homicidal tranny?”

In addition to not telling us if the criminal is black, an illegal alien, or Muslim, we can now add Trans?!?! (TexasFreeper2009”)

WTH!?!?!?

So, for, how many years have Trans Killers been killing innocent Amerians w/o full disclosure on those Trans Killers? ,

https://i.imgur.com/7u7absv.jpg


6 posted on 04/12/2023 9:09:53 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Trump!: “They’re not after me! They’re after you I’m just in the way!)
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“In Kurts’ dorm room, investigators allegedly discovered a trove of weapons and tactical gear, including knives, a protective vest, propane, fireworks, information about local radio frequencies, a lock pick set, and firearm earmuffs and magazines.”

“Magazines”? Seriously? How many folks here have a list like this? Except for the lock pick set in some states, are any of these illegal to own??? Being in possession of these makes you guilty of mass murder?

We have to be careful how we judge these situations. We might be next for what we happen to have in our possession.


7 posted on 04/12/2023 9:19:57 AM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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I’m screwed.. I buy repo’d cars (even do a bit of repossessions myself) much of what is on his list I own, some is even in my Truck.

I don’t have local radio frequencies though


8 posted on 04/12/2023 9:23:44 AM PDT by cableguymn
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To: lowbridge

Ammo at Walmart is under lock and key. How does one steal that?


9 posted on 04/12/2023 9:24:14 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (You can never have enough clamps. Thanks Ben.)
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I suspect all school shooters have someone encouraging them. That’s why they destroy their hard drive.


10 posted on 04/12/2023 9:25:20 AM PDT by AppyPappy (Biden told Al Roker "America is back". Unfortunately, he meant back to the 1970's)
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Maybe that’s where the lock picks come in. But WalMart has cameras everywhere. This seems pretty half-baked.


11 posted on 04/12/2023 9:33:15 AM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: lowbridge

Hmmmm! I thought about getting some more ammo so am I in trouble?


12 posted on 04/12/2023 9:42:32 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: lowbridge

My question is, what motivated him to plan this carnage?


13 posted on 04/12/2023 9:44:11 AM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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Hope those alert custodians are very generously rewarded. The miscreant student should be named and any future school that admits him should be liable for whatever harm he causes imo. If colleges don’t require background checks on students now, they’d be wise to start imo.


14 posted on 04/12/2023 9:47:37 AM PDT by GAgal
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To: lowbridge

Where is the crime?


15 posted on 04/12/2023 9:58:05 AM PDT by Hammerhead
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Don’t go by just the title. They also found notebooks and text messages on his phone in which he wrote out what he was planning to do and where.


16 posted on 04/12/2023 10:07:51 AM PDT by lowbridge ("Let’s check with Senator Schumer before we run it" - NY Times)
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To: Hammerhead

Can’t spend 30 seconds reading the article?


17 posted on 04/12/2023 10:12:55 AM PDT by MTsumi
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To: lowbridge

Thank God they caught this guy. I have a niece at St Olaf’s. To think she could have been one of his victims….


18 posted on 04/12/2023 10:15:36 AM PDT by married21 (As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.)
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To: Steve_Seattle

My honest guess at WHO is pushing these people into this type of carnage is the FBI, I FIRMLY believe that they are on line provoking these people instead of stopping them!! EVERYONE of these people have been on psychotropic pharmaceuticals, FBI knows who these people are, this government IS GOING ALL OUT to take our firearms the end justify the means THEY DON’T GIVE A DAMN about the damage done!!


19 posted on 04/12/2023 10:30:12 AM PDT by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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Very unusual for blue state law enforcement to do anything to prevent a mass casualty event. Maybe it’s because there were no guns? (Don’t know because I didn’t read the whole article).


20 posted on 04/12/2023 10:33:58 AM PDT by DPMD (ua)
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