Posted on 10/16/2026 12:49:37 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
The weeping mother of the crazed teen gunman who carried out a mass shooting at an Oregon elementary school insisted her son was “a good boy” and that she would have tried to prevent the massacre if she could.
Shauntai May Nickerson, the mother of 16-year-old John J. Griffin II, waved off reporters on the porch of her apartment complex as she smoked a cigarette and cried, the New York Times reported.
The mother insisted Griffin — who killed three students and one teacher at Silver Rail Elementary School on Thursday — was “a good boy, he really was” and said “I miss him.”
“I’m so sorry, I wish I could have done something. I’m sorry for their loss,” she said, referring to the parents of those killed, according to CNN.
“If I could have prevented this, I would have,” she said, the Times reported.
Griffin was armed with a pump-action shotgun, allegedly bought by his mom, when he opened fire in Silver Rail Elementary’s special education classroom, where he was once a student.
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He was on psychotropic drugs no doubt. Which ones?
ANOTHER ‘trans’ lunatic killer??????
“Sobbing mom of Oregon shooter John Griffin insists son was ‘good boy’ after killing 4 at school”
if that’s what “good” boys do, i’d REALLY hate to see what bad boys do ...
I’ve used that old quote in perp mom gags “but basically he’s still a good boy” too many times and now it’s back in our so-called “real life.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson said what we think about expands.
So even more “goodness” and there’d be ten children dead?
Did she misgender him/her?
Well, at least his mother loved him.
Shauntai
Father: Missing
Well, at least his mother loved him. Or claimed to love him after the SHTF.
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Hey Shauntai....why different name from your KILLER KID?
Once when I was a boy our family was enjoying our Saturday lunch together when we spotted through the kitchen window a neighbor boy (known to us) throwing dirt clods into our swimming pool. My father followed him home and reported him to his mother, who replied, “Not my Billy. He’s a good boy.”
Years later, as a high school student, Billy committed suicide.
Very UGLY KID.
And, Oregon laws on firearm storage? Maybe she’ll have some time to think about that as an accessory? 🤔
Yep. We're about to that point, aren't we?
Yeah, he was a good boy until he decided to shoot up a school.
I think i’ve heard similar things before. Some criminal’s mother says he’s a good boy. Sure, he was a good boy until he committed a crime.
Sort of an ignorant post, but not unexpected.
Shauntai?
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