Rose State College shooting: Who is Brandon Morrissette?

Posted by Noelle Montes on Monday, May 6, 2024
Rose State College shooting: Who is Brandon Morrissette?

Brandon Morrissette is an 18-year-old facing several charges including attempted aggravated murder, and entered an initial insanity plea related to a misdemeanor offense.

The 18-year-old West Geauga High School student was arrested by the police for allegedly bringing a gun to school with the intention to harm several students. He appeared in court for the first time Wednesday afternoon.

Brandon Morrissette is facing felony charges of attempted aggravated murder and illegal possession of a deadly weapon in a school safety zone and is also accused of inducing panic, a first-degree misdemeanor. Attorneys representing the teen offered a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity for the misdemeanor offense, giving a potential preview of how they may tackle the more serious charges.

We’re taking this very seriously,” Geauga County Prosecutor James R. Flaiz told reporters afterward. “The initial charge — the attempted aggravated murder — is the most serious charge that can be brought under this type of factual scenario.”

The arrest of Brandon comes after one of the students, Casey Orloski alerted a school resource officer of a 9mm bullet that was found in a men’s restroom of the building. Following that discovery, the SRO and administrators began to review surveillance videos to determine the origin of the shell.

The officials of the school interviewed about 20 students and settled on the fact that Brandon is a suspect. The authorities discovered that he had a plan to shoot multiple classmates. He was allegedly found with a Smith and Wesson 9mm handgun that had three fully loaded magazines inside, as well as a lock blade-style knife on the outside of his pants.

According to a court document, Brandon was released from a mental health facility on Tuesday and admitted to Chester Township police that he was planning to go to the school library and open fire on the students there. He apparently said he picked that location because that’s where the greatest number of students would be at the time.

source: www.ghbase.com

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