Mom charged with buying guns for son

The teen previously attended middle school in the district but had been taught at home for more than a year after voluntarily leaving school, Castor said.

Castor said investigators were reviewing material on the boy’s computer and in his diary.

Scared at school
Classes proceeded as normal Thursday after Colonial School District officials issued a text alert to parents saying police had determined “that the school and its students were never in danger.” 

But the arrest created anxiety at the school, coming on the same day that a 14-year-old boy in Cleveland opened fire at his high school, wounding four people, before killing himself. Some parents rushed to the school to pick up their children to find a chaotic scene.

Ann Marie Walter said that when she got the message on her phone, she was “scared to death.”

“This is a terrible thing,” Walter said. “It’s not even close to home — it is home.”

Columbine references on MySpace page
The boy also had a MySpace Web page, which was filled with references to the 1999 Columbine shootings in a tribute to gunmen Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, whom he lists among his heroes.

Among his interests, the boy lists “shooting, war and bank robbery.” His favorite reading material is listed as military strategy and books by famous generals in history.

In one post, he describes himself as a mercenary soldier and highlights a quotation attributed to the Marines: “Mess with the best, die like the rest.”

Castor, the district attorney, blamed the boy’s parents for his alienation and violent fantasies.

“I’m very, very upset about the role, the lack of oversight that apparently the parents had in this case,” Castor said. “We need to recognize that parents are the primary persons responsible for teaching young people the difference between right from wrong.”

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