On the morning of 13 September, 18-year-old Nicholas Prosper was arrested while walking on a residential road in Luton. Moments earlier, he had killed his mother, younger brother, and sister, shooting them dead in their family home. Neighbors called the police after hearing gunfire coming from the flat in Leabank tower on Luton’s Marsh Farm estate, and officers found Prosper shortly afterwards on Bramingham Road. Later that day, a loaded shotgun and over 30 cartridges were discovered hidden in a nearby bush. Police now believe Prosper had only carried out the first half of his plan and was plotting a shooting at a primary school. In court, Prosper pleaded guilty to murdering his mother, Juliana Falcon, sister Giselle Prosper, and brother Kyle Prosper. Detective Chief Inspector Sam Khanna stated that their investigations made it clear that Prosper intended to carry out a school attack but was caught before he could cause any further harm. This case is part of a growing number of school-shooting plots detected in the UK, with many young people inspired by online material glorifying US massacres. However, under current laws, would-be school shooters without an ideological aim cannot be prosecuted for preparing acts of terrorism. Jonathan Hall KC, Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation, expressed concerns about school shooting obsessions in counter-terrorism casework and the need to consider the unique nature of such cases.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/mar/02/i-hate-my-school-why-are-more-british-teenagers-plotting-shooting-attacks