Mom accused of buying ammunition and tactical equipment for her son despite repeated warnings about violent plans in schools

Police said warning signs that San Antonio High School students had a deadly intention that had been established for months. On Saturday, they took a new sense of urgency as his grandmother walked into his bedroom.

There, she found the rifle and pistol magazine “loaded with on-site ammunition” and homemade explosives, according to court documents.

The next morning, when the boy's mother took him to school, the grandmother called the police.

Mother Ashley Pardo, 33, was arrested on Monday and charged with assisting the terrorism committee. Authorities claimed she provided her son with ammunition and tactical equipment to pay his young siblings.

According to the Bexar County arrest affidavit obtained by CNN affiliate KSAT, Pardo purchased the materials despite knowing his son’s obsession with his son’s violence. The affidavit claimed that Paldo “deliberately and intentionally helped” her son.

“The defendant expressed her support to the school for (her son's) violent expressions and drawings and did not care about his behavior,” the affidavit said.,,,,, The child’s notes allegedly indicate an interest in the symbols of mass shooters and white supremacy.

An investigator wrote that the alleged plot has left people “further worried about physical injuries” at school.

The affidavit said the boy went to school on May 12 “wearing a mask, a disguised jacket and tactical pants” and left shortly afterwards. The affidavit said that when authorities were unable to find him, school officials were worried that he might return to the attack. Authorities said additional security was established, including deploying other police officers and sweeping out potential equipment on campus.

Jeremiah Rhodes Middle School said in a letter to parents on Monday that the student was later detained outside the school and charged with crime.

“Please know that we take all potential threats seriously and take immediate action to protect everyone in our care,” the school's principal said in the letter. “We will always be vigilant to ensure that our learning and work environment is safe. Student safety is a top priority at SAISD schools and we hope to keep our families informed as soon as possible.”

CNN has contacted the San Antonio Police Department for more information. Court records of the juvenile case have not been made public and the child’s name has not been made public.

More parents are prosecuted in school violence cases

In this case, no one is hurt, but the threat of deadly violence is a reality that is open to every day.

As of early May, there have been 18 school shootings in the United States this year, including on university campuses, killing six people. Texas is the second largest state in the United States with a large population, with at least 63 shootings since 2008. These include the Rob Elementary School massacre in Uvalde, about 80 miles from San Antonio, where an 18-year-old former student killed 21 people in 2022 and was then shot by law enforcement.

In recent years, authorities have shown greater willingness to hold parents accountable for their parents’ violence if their children ignore warnings and help obtain weapons. Michigan school shooter Ethan Crumbley's parents were convicted of manslaughter last year for purchasing a weapon used in the shooting, despite concerns about Crumbley's mental health. They are not eligible for parole until 2031.

The father of a 14-year-old Georgia suspect faces second-degree murder for allegedly “criminal negligence”, and a school shooting last year killed four people. Neither Colin Gray nor his son Colt were guilty of the case, which will be tried later this year.

San Antonio parents expressed concern this week that the boy whose mother was arrested was allowed to return to school despite earlier warning signs.

“I hope they will do something else about it and not let him come back,” Rena Chase told CNN affiliate KSAT. “He doesn’t need to be anywhere near the school.”

Mother accused of “promoting” her son’s violent thoughts

Prado “refuses to see (her son) about the behavior and her help in collecting items for him that have been found to be used in other large-scale targeted violence, and she is believed to be promoting the desire (the boy) to enforce his threat.”

Pador’s bond was set at $75,000 and she was released from the Bexar County Jail Tuesday after bail, county records show. Magistrate Marilisa Janssen ordered Pardo to confine her to her home through GPS monitoring and prohibited her from owning a gun or burning device. Her next court appearance is scheduled for July 17. She asked the court to appoint a lawyer.

CNN has contacted Pardo and the Public Defender Office.

According to court documents, the student's grandmother told police that Pador recently bought him tactical equipment, which included a magazine, a tactical vest capable of hiding ballistic boards, tactical helmets and army uniforms.

Police said the combustion device was described as “mortar-style fireworks” with the words “for Brenton Tarrant.” Tarrant is a white supremacist who shot 51 people in two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand in 2019.

The boy's grandmother also found handwritten notes, which appeared to be the name of the mass shooter and the number of victims per shooting, the affidavit said. She told police that on Monday morning he told her he was “to be famous” and quoted “14 words.”

Police say students are interested in shooting history

This is not the first time that school officials are concerned about the boy's behavior.

In January, school staff found drawings about the student, including maps marked “Suicide Routes”, the school's name was written with a rifle and some time stamps, the affidavit said. When challenged, the affidavit says, “describes an obsession with the past mass shooters, including their manifesto,” the affidavit says.

The affidavit said the boy was suspended about a month ago for using a school-issued computer to study a shooting at a New Zealand mosque. Later that day, police said he tried to kill himself with a straight razor, causing injuries that required more than 100 needles.

According to the affidavit, the student attended an alternative school in April. When he returned to Rhodes High School in May, officials implemented safety plans due to ongoing concerns about potential targeted violence, the affidavit said.

The document said he “has been spending time at his grandmother's home due to his actions and threats to the local school, but he did not live there.

“This has expressed concern to the accused about the child's expression and desire to commit mass violence,” the affidavit said of Pardo.

CNN has contacted the school and the San Antonio Independent School District.

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