Posted on 08/05/2019 8:50:00 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
LUBBOCK, Texas - An alert grandmother who knew what her grandson had been planning may have stopped a mass shooting before it could happen.
Special agents with the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested William Patrick Williams, a 19-year-old man from Lubbock, Texas, the U.S. Attorney's Office of the Northern District of Texas announced Friday, CNN reported.
The man, according to federal officials, had bought ammunition and an AK-47 and had rented a hotel room to plan a mass shooting, CNN reported.
He had wanted to "shoot up" a hotel and "then commit suicide by cop," according to the Attorney's Office. Williams told his grandmother about his plans, and she urged him to go to a hospital and get help.
Smart and caring granma.
Give grandma a medal and give the punk would-be-shooter the needle.
his parents named him William Williams?
Thank you, grandma! You saved your grandson’s life and the lives of multiple innocent people. Doing the right thing is often not easy.
He needs to be locked up in an insane asylum permanently.
Kill Bill..................
“his parents named him William Williams?”
I went to school with a guy by the same name. Not the same person though.
had bought ammunition and an AK-47
We already know the reporter has this wrong.
Thank you g-ma!
El Paso, Dayton... and almost Lubbock?
Most mass shooter parents probably new what was going on or new there kid need mental help
Williams told his grandmother about his plans, and she urged him to go to a hospital and get help.
Did she call the police or the FBI?
Why is that? I thought semi-auto AK-47 to be available in some states.
He just got the sequence wrong. First, commit suicide. Then ...
At that age, my dream was to save up enough money to go to Rome to see the Coliseum.
“Did she call the police or the FBI?”
She must have, because the FBI showed up and took him away.
It doesn’t date this but I assume it must be very recent. That would be three in a couple of days.
‘Thank you g-ma!’
Not just thank you g-ma, also GOD BLESS YOU for having the “right stuff” and turning in your grandson and saving not only his life but the lives of, heaven only knows, how many.
Wouldn’t have made the news if he had. I don’t think he is white.
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