This story is like, too good to be true. There's this 17 year old kid in New York who was arrested yesterday after police figured out he was responsible for a recent Starbucks bombing near the Guggenheim. The kid's motive:
"Kelly said Shaw was trying to emulate the character named Tyler Durden from the 1999 film about a secret club where men beat each other up in an attempt to feel more alive. Pitt's character orchestrates escalating attacks on symbols of corporate America.
Shaw formed his own fight club in which boys beat one another in various locales around the city including Central Park, Kelly said. At least one member got a broken nose, he said.
Shaw apparently told at least one friend to "watch the news over Memorial Day" because he was about to launch his own version of "project mayhem," Kelly said. Investigators are looking into whether more people might have been involved.
Police say the suspect picked the site because a Starbucks was a target in the movie. It wasn't clear why the specific coffee shop was chosen. There are dozens around the city.
Shaw recently graduated from the City-as-School, an alternative public high school in the West Village neighborhood of Manhattan that was founded in 1972, police said.
The blast occurred around 3:30 a.m. on May 25. A witness reported seeing two people, one blond, running from the scene. The device, made of fireworks powder, a plastic bottle, a metal cap and electrical tape, was set off with a hand-lit fuse."
What a dumb ass. Interesting end to this story, though.















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