NEW YORK, Dec 20 (Bernama-Xinhua) -- A Southern California man, who was in contact with the Madison, Wisconsin, school shooter, was allegedly plotting to attack a government building, according to Xinhua, quoting a report from the Los Angeles Times on Thursday.
On Tuesday evening, a San Diego County Superior Court judge granted a gun violence emergency protective order that the Carlsbad Police Department filed against local resident Alexander Paffendorf. This is a civil action that allows law enforcement to seize weapons from individuals deemed to be a threat to themselves or others, according to the report.
"FBI agents detained the 20-year-old after learning he was allegedly plotting a mass shooting with 15-year-old Natalie 'Samantha' Rupnow," noted the report.
During a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) interview, Paffendorf admitted to FBI agents that he had told Rupnow he would arm himself with explosives and a gun and target a government building, according to the restraining order.
Authorities said Rupnow shot and killed a teacher and a teenage student and injured six others at Abundant Life Christian School in Wisconsin on Monday, before dying from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
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