A Texas mother was arrested after she allegedly bought her teen son ammunition and tactical gear despite knowing of his “fascination with past mass shooters.”
Ashley Pardo, 33, was charged with aiding in the commission of terrorism after she allegedly provided magazines, a tactical black vest, and army clothing.
The 13-year-old son was suspended from school in April after he was found searching the Christchurch mosque shooting that killed 51 people in New Zealand on a school computer.
The boy tried suicide with a razor later that day and required over 100 stitches.
Pardo reportedly expressed support for her son’s “violent” drawings and said she did not feel concerned.
The boy’s grandmother contacted police after she found magazines and an “improvised explosive device” in his bedroom on Monday.
He reportedly told his grandmother he was “going to be famous” before Pardo picked him up and took him to school wearing a camouflage jacket, mask, and tactical pants.
Police said Pardo purchased the gear and ammunition for the teen in exchange for babysitting his siblings.
She was charged with aiding in the commission of terrorism. Her son was “detained off-campus and is being charged with terrorism.”
