Zachary Shearon
Zachary Shearon
Zachary Shearon is a student at The Villages Charter School. [undefined] He resides in The Villages, Florida. [undefined]
Arrest
On January 26, 2017, Zachary and another classmate, Richard Hummer, were arrested for plotting a Columbine High Massacre style mass shooting at their school in The Villages, Florida. [undefined] [undefined]
Authorities were alerted to the alleged attack when witnesses said some students had been warned not to come to school on Friday, January 27, 2017, when the teens were reportedly planning to shoot anyone who was not wearing a white t-shirt.
They were taken into custody when deputies executed search warrants and raided their homes. [undefined] [undefined]
Although no weapons were found on the boys, or in their bags or lockers, firearms were found at both the suspects’ homes. [undefined] [undefined]
Shearon is alleged to have been plotting the attack.
[undefined] [undefined] The pair had allegedly worked out to meet in the gym on Friday morning and open fire when Hummer dropped a pencil. [undefined] [undefined]
The attack was plotted for morning because the children would be in a central location, meaning more targets.
Personal Life
Prior to his arrest, Zachary allegedly showed up to a Holocaust tribute wearing Swastikas on his hands and Nazi logos on his arm. [undefined]
He had recently made a disturbing joke about the Colorado massacre on social media, posting a photo of the killers with the caption: 'The Columbine High B-Ball team hasn't been the same since it lost its two best shooters." [undefined] [undefined]