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PITTSBURGH'S ACTION NEWS 4
BEGINS WITH BREAKING NEWS.
THE TEEN ACCUSED OF STABBING 20
CLASSMATES AND A SECURITY GUARD
AT FRANKLIN REGIONAL HIGH SCHOO
IS FACING A JUDGE.
HIS ATTORNEY SHARING DETAILS
ABOUT E POSSIBLE MOTIVE FOR
THE ATTACK.
I'M JANELLE HALL.
WE ARE HEARING ALEX RIBOL'S
VOICE.
ASHLIE HARDWAY WAS THE ONLY
LOCAL REPORTER.
Reporter: THIS HEARING IS
HOODETERMINE IF HE SHOULD BE
MOVED TO A DIFFERENT FACILITY
WHERE HE CAN RECEIVE TREATMENT
FOR MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.
WE LEARNED NEW DETAILS ABOUT THE
CASE THAT WERE NOT REPORTED,
NAMELY THE MOTIVE FOR THE
ATTACKS ON APRIL 9.
THE PSYCHOLOGIST FOR THE DEFENSE
TESTIFIED TO THE COURT THAT H WITH COLUMBINE AND
THE PERPETRATORS AND HE HAD
INITIALLY PLANNED HIS ATTACK
BEGINNING IN OCTOBER 2013 FOR
APRIL 20, THE DATE OF THE
ATTACK.
FRANKLIN REGIONAL WASN'T IN
SCHOOL THAT DAY SO HE CHANGED
THE BIRTHDAY TO APRIL 9 WHICH IS
THE BIRTHDAY FOR ERIC HARRIS.
DR. CHAMBERS TOLD THE COURT THAT
ALEX SUFFERS FROM DEPRESSION AND
IS ON THE SCHIZOPHRENIC
SPECTRUM, THAT ALEX SAID HE FELT
ALIENATED AT SCHOOL AND THAT
CLASSMATES WERE HYPOCRIT.
DR. CHAMBER SAID WHILE HE WASN'T
BULLIED HE SAID HE WOULD WITNESS
OTHERS GET BULLIED AT SCHOOL.
HE SAID HE WANTED THIS INSTANCE
TO CHANGE THE WORLD AND HE FULLY
EXPECTED HE WOULD DIE AFTER THIS
ATTACK AND WAS SURPRISED HE WAS
STILL LIVING.
I SPOKE WITH HIM ON HIS WAY INTO
THE COURTHOUSE TODAY AND HE SAID
HE WAS SORRY FOR THE ATTACK.
SORRY ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED YES.
Reporte THIS HEARING IS
ONGOING AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO
UPDATE YOU THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON