The mother of the 16-year-old accused of carrying out a deadly shooting at an Oregon elementary school broke down in tears while insisting that her son had been “a good boy” and saying she would have done anything to stop the tragedy.
Shauntai May Nickerson, the mother of John J. Griffin II, turned away reporters outside her apartment complex in Bend as she smoked a cigarette and wept,
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Griffin is accused of killing three students and a teacher at Silver Rail Elementary School on Thursday. Speaking about her son, Nickerson said, “He was a good boy, he really was.”
“I’m sorry,” Nickerson said, according to the outlet. “I miss him.”
Police said Griffin entered the school’s special education classroom carrying a pump-action shotgun, which was allegedly purchased by his mother, and opened fire.
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Kaylub Giamanco, a father who was praised as a hero, reportedly followed the teenager into the building and fatally shot him, according to police and members of his family.
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Nickerson did not explain how her son obtained the weapon or respond to questions about the firearm.
“If I could have prevented this, I would have,” she said.
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