04-28-2014, 07:27 PM
School shooting quashed by would-be shooter's parents?
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas - A 17-year-old Madison High School student was in police custody Monday after he was caught with three loaded weapons on campus, North East Independent School District spokeswoman Aubrey Chancellor said.
Two handguns were found in his backpack and an AK-47 was discovered in a bathroom, Chancellor said.
The boy's parents notified school officials after they discovered their son was not at home when they woke up. When his parents checked the house for weapons, they discovered that the three guns were missing.
When the parents went to Madison, their son was on campus. The student was taken to the school office, where he and his parents met with administrators. It was then that his backpack was checked, Chancellor said.
"The student had said that he planned making some demands over the announcements later today at Madison High School," Chancellor said. "He didn't say specifically what those demands were, but he did say if those demands were not met, he had planned on committing violence."
The school was put on lock down for over an hour.
He’ll be charged as an adult with making terroristic threats and possession of weapons in a prohibited place, Chancellor said.
Students spent more than one hour in lockdown after officials found the weapons, the spokeswoman said.
The arrest comes days after someone anonymously emailed employees in the city’s Northside Independent District to warn of a school shooting planned for Thursday, the San Antonio Express-News reported.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/te...z30E3cfnHt
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I don't know if the boy's parents suspected their son was up to something and, if so, why they allowed him access to guns. Regardless, it's a damn good thing his parents acted so swiftly in alerting the school. Their son is probably going away for some time, but they may well have saved some other kids' lives.
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas - A 17-year-old Madison High School student was in police custody Monday after he was caught with three loaded weapons on campus, North East Independent School District spokeswoman Aubrey Chancellor said.
Two handguns were found in his backpack and an AK-47 was discovered in a bathroom, Chancellor said.
The boy's parents notified school officials after they discovered their son was not at home when they woke up. When his parents checked the house for weapons, they discovered that the three guns were missing.
When the parents went to Madison, their son was on campus. The student was taken to the school office, where he and his parents met with administrators. It was then that his backpack was checked, Chancellor said.
"The student had said that he planned making some demands over the announcements later today at Madison High School," Chancellor said. "He didn't say specifically what those demands were, but he did say if those demands were not met, he had planned on committing violence."
The school was put on lock down for over an hour.
He’ll be charged as an adult with making terroristic threats and possession of weapons in a prohibited place, Chancellor said.
Students spent more than one hour in lockdown after officials found the weapons, the spokeswoman said.
The arrest comes days after someone anonymously emailed employees in the city’s Northside Independent District to warn of a school shooting planned for Thursday, the San Antonio Express-News reported.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/te...z30E3cfnHt
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I don't know if the boy's parents suspected their son was up to something and, if so, why they allowed him access to guns. Regardless, it's a damn good thing his parents acted so swiftly in alerting the school. Their son is probably going away for some time, but they may well have saved some other kids' lives.