ASSOCIATED PRESS
06/25/2007
JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) -- The Jasper County teen accused of firing an assault rifle inside his middle school last fall had been subjected for yearsat school to abuse that his teachers ignored, the boy's parents told the Joplin Globe.
Norma and Greg White also blame themselves, saying they should have listened to
their son when he repeatedly said how much he disliked school and asked to be
home-schooled.
Instead, Thomas White, 14, is facing being tried as an adult on multiple felony charges, and his father is serving an 18-month sentence for illegal possession of firearms in the family's home."He's a good kid, and we let him down," Greg White told the newspaper.On Oct. 9, Thomas White took one of his father's assault rifles to Memorial Middle School, fired a single shot into the ceiling of a school hallway and then allegedly tried to shoot the school principal as he was being ushered from the school. The weapon jammed.He has been certified to stand trial as an adult on two counts of first-degree assault and one count each of unlawful use of a weapon and armed criminal action and attempted escape.
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