Possible mass shooting at Michigan graduation thwarted; 2 in custody – ABC7 Chicago

PONTIAC, Mich. — Two men are in custody after a possible mass shooting plot at a Michigan graduation ceremony was thwarted, authorities said. The apparent plot was revealed after authorities responded to a fight that broke out during the Arts and Technology Academy of Pontiac graduation, which was held Tuesday at a business in Pontiac, Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard said. “A person approached our deputies and gave them information that a family member had told them that they had seen on Snapchat a threat to shoot up this graduation ceremony,” Bouchard said at a news conference Friday. Authorities kept investigating and recovered two loaded guns with high-capacity magazines from under cars in the parking lot, the sheriff said. Law enforcement “probably prevented a mass shooting,” the sheriff said. Deahveon Shamar-James Whaley, 19, was arrested, Bouchard said. Authorities said they took a second suspect, 20-year-old Jamarion Jaryante Hardiman, into custody later Friday after a search. Hardiman and Whaley were not students at the K-12 charter school but were connected via “friends and relatives,” the sheriff said, and they appeared to have “ongoing disputes with individuals in the community.” Hardiman and Whaley “have a history of being involved with weapons and
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