The parents were called to the school hours before the shooting because son was writing notes, drawing pictures depicting murder, saying help me I can’t stop thinking.
Parents refused to take son home and never mentioned the gun they had bought him, didn’t check his backpack.
Dad hurried home to check to see if the gun was there, it wasn’t.
Mom texted son don’t do it.
Geez.....maybe a better time to check, to see if gun was there (still at home) would’ve been BEFORE they went up to the school, after they were summoned there, for his threatening writings/rants.
Refusing to take him home, after that meeting is truly strange...and, negligent, imo. They had (yet another) a chance to parent their kid, but they left it up to the school to deal with....doing something that many conservative parents can’t stand, about many liberal parents.
Maybe they’ll be charged with setting this kid up. Wonder if that’s what the kid’s attorney will go with.
Ironic that he’s being charged as an adult (how many juvenile murder perps in Chicago are charged as adults? 🤔) considering his parents were NOT the adults, in his family.
There are a whole lot of questions that need answering by the parents.
What in the world were they thinking?
If they knew their son was troubled, did they try to get him some help?
Why did they think he was responsible enough to own a gun?
I’m not writing this in defense of the parents...but I think the school teacher/administrators should also be facing charges.
The school officials told the parents, after they refused to take the son home, they had to get their son into counseling within 48 hours.
The school officials then sent the boy back to class. They didn’t contact the police for assistance and guidance, they didn’t check the boy’s backpack, they didn’t suspend him.
They sent the kid back to class. We know what happned next.