Parents Of Teen Who Allegedly Brought Loaded Gun To School Accused Of Hiding Evidence
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Police accused Terry and Traci Thompson of hiding their 16-year-old son's bag, which allegedly contained high-capacity magazines and ammunition, after he was arrested.
The parents of a Missouri teenager who allegedly brought a gun to a school were charged on Thursday after officials say the two adults hid the boy’s backpack full of ammunition in the mother’s home after their son was arrested.
Terry Thompson and Traci Thompson were identified by multiple local news outlets as the parents of the teen in custody on Tuesday after police allege he planned shootings at multiple schools in the Ritenour School District.
A spokesperson for the St. Ann Police Department confirmed to HuffPost that the suspect was 16 years old and not a current Ritenour School District student.
The parents were both charged with tampering with physical evidence in a felony prosecution, according to a criminal complaint obtained by HuffPost.
St. Ann police said in a Facebook post on the St. Ann Neighborhood Watch page, an official account run by the department, that they received information on Tuesday from another student’s grandmother that the 16-year-old had made threats against the Ritenour School District on social media.