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| | 18-year-old arrested after telling taxi driver of 'plan for high-school massacre' PUBLISHED: 12:56 EST, 29 July 2012 | UPDATED: 12:56 EST, 29 July 2012  Suspect: Timmy Eike, 18, was arrested on Tuesday after Oklahoma police found a shotgun, rifle and 250 rounds of ammunition in his bedroom. His arrest came after a cab driver alerted police that he heard the teen talk of k!lling people, hiding their bodies and fleeing the country | |
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An Oklahoma high school student is behind bars after a cab driver reported hearing him plotting a Columbine-shooting at his school, police said.
Timmy Eike, 18, was arrested on Tuesday after police found a shotgun, rifle and 250 rounds of ammunition in his bedroom.
The teenager’s arrest came a day after gunman James Holmes appeared in a Colorado court accused of k!lling 12 people and injuring 58 during a midnight screening of the Batman movie.
Eike, who was supposed to be a senior at Woodward High School this fall, also allegedly watched videos of the 1999 Columbine massacre in preparation for carrying out a mass k!lling.
The cab driver came forward last Sunday telling police he feared Eike was preparing to carry out a possible k!lling spree, court records show.
The whistle-blower told KWTV News 9 that he drove the teenager to work at Wal-Mart several times over recent weeks. It was then Eike allegedly spoke about k!lling people, hiding bodies and fleeing the country.
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| |  Sinister: Eike, who was supposed to be a senior at Woodward High School this fall, also allegedly watched videos of the 1999 Columbine massacre in preparation for carrying out a mass k!lling  Suspect's home: Eike brought the weapons illegally in the past month, according to court documents. Police found them in his bedroom | |
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'I did what I figured anybody else would have done,’ the driver, who wanted to remain anonymous, told News 9.
Court records show that Eike brought the weapons illegally in the past month.
The teenager is charged with unlawful possession of a firearm and lying to a licensed dealer about his mental condition.
Eike is currently in the Logan County Jail and a judge will decide on Monday whether to release him on bond.
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