Katy teen arrested after posting plan for school shooting

Patrick Joseph Hudson, 19, of Katy, has been charged with making a terroristic threat for posting a plan online to kill several young children during a school shooting. (HCSO) Patrick Joseph Hudson, 19, of Katy, has been charged with making a terroristic threat for posting a plan online to kill several young children during a school shooting. (HCSO) Photo: (HCSO) Photo: (HCSO) Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Katy teen arrested after posting plan for school shooting 1 / 1 Back to Gallery

A 19-year-old Katy man is accused of posting a plan in an online chat room to kill several young children during a school shooting spree, authorities said.

FBI agents received a tip from North Carolina that someone using the online name "SS_Patrick," later determined to be Patrick Joseph Hudson, made threatening comments regarding a school shooting that was supposed to take place in the Katy area, according to court records. Hudson, who is 6 feet tall and weighs 340 pounds according to court records, allegedly posted the threats in the online forum overclock.net.

The tipster then forwarded eight pages of chat logs containing the posts from "SS Patrick" to investigators.

Included in the chats were comments by "SS Patrick" that read, "what better way to go out with a bang than killing a bunch of little kids," court records stated. The chats also included comments by the "SS_Patrick" that stated he would leave a few children alive, so they would never grow up correctly and that he intended to kill himself n the classroom after the shooting.

"SS_Patrick," whom authorities determined was Hudson by searching the website, also noted that elementary schools do not have police officers, response times by authorities and that he wanted to live stream video of the entire incident, according to court records.

Authorities tracked Hudson down to his Katy home and then met with him at his job at an Office Max in Rosenberg. FBI agents took Hudson back to his home, asked to search his computer. Hudson agreed, but withdrew consent after about 15 minutes.

After FBI agents presented evidence to the Harris County District Attonery's Office, they arrested charged Hudson with making a terroristic threat. He is currently in Harris County Jail on a $100,000 bail.

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