In May, the schoolboy arrived on campus ‘wearing a mask, camouflage jacket and tactical pants but left shortly after’, police confirmed – before later catching up with him away from the school and charged him with terrorism.
According to court documents, his mom Ashley Pardo had taken him to a military store where she bought him the gear, including ammunition. The 33-year-old reportedly purchased the equipment as a reward ‘in exchange for babysitting his siblings’, officials claim.
Meanwhile, the teen’s grandmother blew the whistle on her grandson as she rang the police to inform them of her fears, after he told her that he was ‘going to be famous’ before leaving for school on May 12.
Who is Ashley Pardo and her son?
Ashley Pardo is a mom of at least two children – the first being the 13-year-old who she is accused of having been complicit in his plans to carry out a school shooting. The other known child being an infant, who at 11 months old, she took a picture of herself pointing a shotgun at her baby.
Her teen son was a student at Jeremiah Rhodes Middle School and was a known delinquent, with court records noting that he was accused of setting fires in dumpsters near apartment complexes when he was just 11 years old.
