Authorities say that the suspects in an alleged plot to carry out a shooting at a Georgia high school had a floor plan of the school and had chosen a date. Police accused 17-year-old Shane Keith Taylor and 21-year-old Michael Brandon Terry, along with an unidentified juvenile, of planning a shooting at Cherokee High School. The FBI identified threatening social media posts and notified school police, who contacted the Canton Police Department. Police arrested the juvenile suspect on October 20, and Taylor and Terry on October 23. Investigators collected guns, ammunition, and electronic devices as evidence. The investigation remains active.

Police in Georgia said Tuesday that three people, including two juveniles, have been arrested in connection with a plot to carry out a shooting at a high school in metro Atlanta. The three were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder. The FBI discovered threatening posts online from one of the trio and worked with local police to make the arrests on Oct. 20 and Oct. 23, apprehending two of them in Georgia and a third in California, The announcement of the plot comes after a 16-year-old boy killed three children and a teacher in a shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School in central Oregon.