The ruse worked: On Monday, state police confirmed that they did not seek a red-flag order against Mr. It was not a joke, I wrote that down because that’s what I was planning to do.”
“That is the reason I believe I am still able to purchase guns. “I got out of it because I stuck with the story that I was getting out of class and I just stupidly wrote that down,” Mr.
He described the remark - he responded to a school project question by writing that he wanted to commit a murder-suicide - as a joke, according to a law enforcement official familiar with the case, and was released.īut the postings that came to light on Monday make it evident that Mr.
