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Palatine Man, 19, Plotted Mass Shooting At Hindu Place Of Worship, Police Say
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Status
Reported, not yet confirmed
Independent sources
4
First seen
Oct 14, 1:57 PM CDT
updated Oct 14, 5:54 PM CDT
Topic
Local News
Reported by Chicago Sun-Times, WLS-TV and 2 others, not yet confirmed.
Sources · Copies Of One Story Count Once
Palatine man, 19, plotted mass shooting at Hindu place of worship, police say · Chicago Sun-TimesOct 14, 1:57 PM CDT
Authorities say coworker's call to police may have prevented Palatine man from carrying out mass shooting · WGN-TVOct 14, 5:40 PM CDT
Authorities say coworker's call to police may have prevented Palatine man from carrying out mass shooting · WQRF-TV · the same story as an earlier source: it counts onceOct 14, 5:54 PM CDT
Palatine police say mass shooting plot thwarted, possibly targeting Aurora house of worship · WLS-TVOct 14, 10:44 PM CDT
How It Unfolded
Official Confirmation
No official source confirms this yet. It is reported, not confirmed.
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How We Decided
Oct 14, 2:45 PM CDTHeld: One source so far, and no official source confirms it yet.Oct 14, 3:01 PM CDTPublished: Two or more independent sources reported it.NextConfirmed when an official source agrees.