Official: Buffalo gunman had threatened school shooting

[BeyondGeography]

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The 18-year-old gunman who authorities say killed 10 people at a Buffalo supermarket had previously threatened a shooting at his high school and was sent for mental health treatment, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press.

Payton Gendron had appeared on the radar of police last year after he threatened to carry out a shooting at Susquehanna High School around the time of graduation, the official said. New York State Police said troopers were called to the Conklin school on June 8, 2021, for a report that a 17-year-old student had made threatening statements.

Police said the student was taken into custody under a state mental health law and taken to a hospital for an evaluation. The police statement did not give the student’s name.

The law enforcement official was not authorized to speak publicly on the investigation and did so on the condition of anonymity.

https://apnews.com/article/0475a5bd971d23a4e0a13ef840650bb1

Shades of Oxford High…More quality gunner parenting.

[Raven]

1. Did the parents take his guns away? I think I know the answer to that. NO.

[bucolic_frolic]

2. "So high school shooter-wannabe, tell me about these ill feelings you have for humanity."

Somebody didn't get to the essence of the evaluation.

[Tickle]

3. Is there a reason

this maggot wasn’t arrested sooner?

[Hoyt]

4. Plenty of red flags on this guy, including gun and body armor purchases.

[underpants]

5. I checked out last night. Jesus. Just my god.