Uvalde Shooter’s 17-Year-Old Cousin Arrested After Saying He'd 'Do The Same' To Pre-K School
perezhilton.comA Texas teen has been arrested after allegedly threatening to shoot up a school. That would be horrifying enough on its own, but it’s made more shocking by the identity of his cousin: the Uvalde shooter.
On Tuesday, KABB reported that a 17-year-old had been taken into custody in San Antonio after his mother told police he was planning to “do the same thing” as his 18-year-old cousin, who tragically took the lives of 19 kids and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas last year. Related: YouTube Chef Arrested For Allegedly Dismembering Ex After Botched Breakup According to court documents obtained by the news station, the teen made “terroristic threats” on Monday morning to the Gardendale Early Learning Program.
It isn’t even his school, it’s for pre-kindergarten aged children. Horrifying. Not only that he allegedly threatened his own sister, claiming he was going to shoot her in the head.
The sister then informed their mother, who didn’t hesitate to call the police — even though it was her own son. The teen’s poor mother and sister, who confirmed the 17-year-old was the first cousin of the Uvalde shooter, had also apparently overheard a phone conversation of in which he discussed the “terroristic threats” to the pre-k school, and that he was attempting to purchase an AR-15 assault rifle through an illegal private sale.
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