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Transgender Student Pleads Guilty to Valentine's Day Shooting Plot

10/28/2025

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Trinity J. Shockley, an 18-year-old transgender Indiana high school student, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit murder in a planned Valentine’s Day mass shooting.
Shockley was charged with conspiracy and intimidation; two intimidation charges were dropped, and Shockley faces 10 to 30 years in prison, with sentencing set for November 24.
Investigators found notebooks and online messages showing violent thoughts and plans to replicate the Parkland shooting.

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Trinity J. Shockley, an 18-year-old transgender Indiana high school student, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit murder in a planned Valentine’s Day mass shooting.
Shockley was charged with conspiracy and intimidation; two intimidation charges were dropped, and Shockley faces 10 to 30 years in prison, with sentencing set for November 24.
Investigators found notebooks and online messages showing violent thoughts and plans to replicate the Parkland shooting.