Christian Helms pleaded guilty to adult charges of attempted murder and carrying pipe bombs to a school in Socastee, near Myrtle Beach.

Evidence showed that the then 14-year-old Helms brought a .38-caliber revolver to school last September and fired it at a school police officer, wounding him, Horry County Assistant Solicitor Alicia Richardson said.

"He had a hit list," Richardson said. "There were 20-something people on it."

Police found bomb-making equipment at his home and writings that indicated he idolized previous school shooters at Columbine High School in Colorado and Virginia Tech, Richardson said.

She said the teen also had made videos of his homemade bomb detonations and posted them on YouTube prior to the school attack.

Helms talked about being bullied extensively at school, Richardson said.

"He talked about being teased for his red hair," she said.

Doctors who testified in his defence said the teen suffered from depression, conduct disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, she said.

Helms had faced up to 30 years in prison on the attempted murder charge and two to 15 years each on two bomb charges.

He was sentenced to serve five years of probation after his release from prison.

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Aug 11, 2011

Nasty-Bis

"He had a hit list," .............tjo !

@parents
age restriction for movies is very important .
this boy is been watching too much movies,take a belt and whoop his
ass,sing him a lullaby and put him to sleep...
everybody gets his/her share of teasing,we never made a damn hit list
maminanyana a itseng ka hit list......nx !
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Aug 11, 2011

Grootman!

Ja Nee! A ba tshameke ko USA. He will sh!t his ass when the mulatos are done with him in prison.
Only in SA do you receive mercy for doing nonsense! That motherf.ucker from skierlek got off lightly for killing black people. Hence apartheid will never end with the kid gloves that white people are still treated with in our country.
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Aug 11, 2011

queenzo

if it was south africa they would tell us that they are busy investigating, and that would be ofter 10years. i think we need to adapt the US juustice system
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Aug 11, 2011

ntlhakane

@queenzo i agree with you 100%
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