***Updated March 3, 2026 The father of the school shooter has been found guilty. He faces a possible 180 years in prison.****
The trials in school shootings are always about Monday Morning Quarterbacking.
This trial is no different, except that the father is on trial with criminal charges for supplying the gun to his very troubled child. Troubled child or not, this father gave a gun to his minor child who then used it to commit murder.
You can probably tell where my prejudice lies. It is not with the shooter, the father and after the mother's testimony, it is definitely not with her. The mother medicated the shooter with zoloft which was her prescription per testimony.
A clear case of dysfunctional parenting led to the school shooting. Is that anything new? I think not.
Watch the coverage of at least the mother's testimony. Lots of law tube shows are following it, for example Court TV.
There is additional testimony that is interesting also. It is the principal's testimony from a previous school.
Monday morning quarter backing will not bring the lives back of the staff and children killed. But maybe a sensible person will listen and try to do better for our kids in other schools.
School shootings are common, not rare. The trials of parents are rare but should be more common in situations like this.
If you give access to a a gun to a child, troubled or not, make sure you understand the consequences to you if it is used for murder, because you deserve to be put on trial.
I am tired of every gun owner being punished when people like the shooter's family act so irresponsibly.
The child killer could have used a knife, but he used a gun given to him by the father. There are laws that are meant to prevent this shooting. If the kid had been an underage driver, not legally able to drive, who drove a car into the school, wouldn't you expect the same type of responsibility? I would.
Part of Mother's testimony. It is still live today, February 23, 2026. Find the whole video as it becomes available:
https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?q=mother+testifies+in+school+shooting+trial&mid=8F11BB8B2123564AAEDB8F11BB8B2123564AAEDB&churl=&mcid=98ABC04AC973
Listen to what the mother did to her mother. It was criminal. The grandmother's testimony is telling.
Principal of previous school:
https://youtu.be/8G5rp7lQWcY?si=8kGZhhosw1Vy_MTJ
School shootings are preventable. When they are not, trials like this one should happen.
School counselor at high school where shooting happened. She at least listened to the grandmother.
https://www.youtube.com/live/Uqq75JWupUA?si=-FbOszqYFsTrgRmP
The kid's trial hasn't started yet. His lawyers will probably use this trial to get the shooter a lower sentence.
They could put the shooter and his parents in the same cell forever. Maybe then parenting could become a priority for them.
Marian R. Carlino
February 23, 2026.