去年6月他因发布威胁言论,17岁时就被警方送入精神病院做过评估,并关押。可惜18岁以后却仍然合法购买了这支AR-15。
He made 'generalized threat' at high school in 2021
Gendron made a "generalized threat" while he attended Susquehanna Valley Central High School in June 2021, Buffalo Police Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia said Sunday.
In response to a question from CNN's Shimon Prokupecz at a Buffalo news conference, Gramaglia said state police brought the student in for a mental health evaluation. After a day and a half, he was released, according to Gramaglia.
Gramaglia said the threat was not racially motivated.
Flynn told CNN's Victor Blackwell Sunday he couldn't speak specifically to the June 2021 threat Gendron made when he was in high school as it occurred in Broome County. Flynn did say there was no threat that was brought to anyone in Buffalo or Erie County ahead of Saturday's shooting.
Separately, a spokesman for New York State Police told CNN on Sunday it investigated a report that a 17-year-old student had made "a threatening statement". The student was taken to a hospital in June 2021 for a mental health evaluation.
The spokesman said state police responded to Susquehanna High School in Conklin, NY, on June 8, 2021, following the threatening statement.
"The student was taken into custody under NYS Mental Health Law section 9.41 and transported to the hospital for a mental health evaluation," state police told CNN in an email.
State police were unable to confirm how long the individual was in the hospital or the findings of the evaluation. They also refused to name the 17-year-old.
Earlier Sunday, Gov. Hochul also mentioned the investigation into a threat the suspect made in high school. Speaking to Margaret Brennan on CBS' Face the Nation on Sunday, Hochul said, "Apparently he was investigated when he was a high school student, brought to the attention of the authorities. He had a medical evaluation based on something he had written in school, and so we're going to find out what happened in the aftermath."