Nichole Schubert encountered the unthinkable and turned her 17-year-son over to the police when she found his notebook listing alleged plans for a horrific killing spree.
“I did what I did because I wanted to save the lives of others and my son,” Schubert told Good Morning America. “I knew he would be safer in jail. If there’s a possibility to save even one person, one child, I think it’s worth it.”
Schubert says she contemplated on what to do for a day after finding the notebook. She said her first thoughts were to protect her child, but knew that doing so could end in a disaster. “It wasn’t just about me and him at that point, It was about a whole school – hundreds of people, hundreds of kids, children. I knew most of them. They were his friends. I have known these kids when they were just babies. How could I let it go?”
Police took her son into custody when he returned from school later that day. He plead guilty to a felony charge to bomb or injure property, as well as a misdemeanor harassment charge. Authorities also confiscated a six-inch knife hidden in his pocket.
Schubert’s son alleges what he wrote was just a story and that he did not plan to actually do it. Schubert then went on to describe how she felt after reading that her son wanted to kill her as well. “It was very descriptive, it was just heartbreaking,” Schubert told the Wall Street Journal. “I didn’t, I didn’t really want to know the details.”
“He planned to begin his massacre at 5 a.m. that morning by murdering me, his mother, and my boyfriend, and would begin shooting up his school at 12:20 pm later that day. ‘Kill everyone possible, fight to the death or kill self after maximum damage has occurred,’ that’s what he wrote.”
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Schubert said that she doesn’t have any regrets about calling the police on her son. She called on parents to remain active in the children’s lives and notice warning signs before it’s too late.
“Stay in their business,” Schubert said. “Even if they don’t like it. They’re not going to like it.
“But as parents, it’s our job to know what our kids are doing. Just be aware and watch for signs. Kids will normally tell you by their actions when something is wrong.”
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