Teenage girl plotting mass shooting at high school is arrested after gun misfires
Teenage girl plotting mass shooting at high school is arrested after gun misfires
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A 19-year-old student who wanted to find 'peace' with herself shot a classmate at a high school in the northern Brazilian town of Natal on Tuesday, the Rio Grande de Norte Civil Police said. Authorities said that Lyedja Santos spotted an 18-year-old classmate along the hallway and shot him in the head at the E. Berilo Wanderley School.
![[A student restrained Lyedja Santos (bottom right) while teachers tended to the wounded classmate (top left) who was shot in the head by Santos]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/18/23/93294729-14207431-A_student_restrained_Lyedja_Santos_bottom_right_while_teachers_t-a-51_1734563375830.jpg)
Santos, who is in the 11th grade, then walked inside a classroom and attempted to shoot a teacher as students were about to being taking a test, but the gun got jammed, Brazilian news outlet G1 reported. A student who was in the classroom told Inter TV Cabugi that one of their male classmates rushed at Santos and was able to restrain her.
![[Lyedja Santos has been charged with attempted murder. She was scheduled to appear in court Wednesday]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/18/23/93293457-14207431-Lyedja_Santos_has_been_charged_with_attempted_murder_She_was_sch-a-52_1734563376400.jpg)
'We were in the classroom about to take the test and she called her friends to talk to her, to talk about the classroom. A short time passed, about a minute, and we only heard the shot,' the student said. 'We didn't know for sure if it was a shot, we thought it was a bomb. She entered the classroom armed, aimed at the teacher's head, but the gun jammed,' they recalled.
![[Authorities seized three knives and the .38 caliber revolver that the 19-year-old girl used to shoot her high school classmate]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/18/22/93293455-14207431-image-a-36_1734559900682.jpg)
'When it jammed, she turned her back to try to run, and the boy in the classroom jumped on top of her and managed to pull her away.'. The Rio Grande do Norte Military Police recovered the .38 caliber revolver that Santos had in her possession as well as three knives and several books about serial killers.
![[Lyedja Santos prepared a handwritten note to explain her motive: 'I acted alone, I acquired everything on my own and no one knew anything about it. To my friends and family, I thank you for everything you have done for me and I am sorry for everything I have caused. I would never have dreamed of dying like this, but this was the best option. I loved each and every one of you, even if I didn't show it. I hope you understand and forgive me, because that is the only way I will find peace']](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/18/23/93295007-14207431-image-a-53_1734563465939.jpg)
Lyedja Santos, a 19-year-old student, was arrested Tuesday after she shot an 18-year-old classmate in the head at E. Berilo Wanderley School, a high school in the northern Brazilian city of Natal. Santos had prepared a note in which she told her friends and family that she wanted to be at 'peace' with herself. Her classmate remained hospitalized as of Wednesday and is in stable condition.
![[Lyedja Santos planned a massacre at Berilo Wanderley High School, a high school in Natal, Brazil on Monday and wounded a classmate and attempted to shoot a teacher before her gun jammed]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/18/23/93295073-14207431-image-a-54_1734563494058.jpg)
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