被指控在密苏里州圣路易斯高中开枪的19岁嫌疑犯的家人最近拿走了枪击案中使用的枪支致命的校园枪击事件当局周三表示,这名少年不知何故又得到了它。
一名学生和一名教师丧生周一早上在中央视觉和表演艺术高中的枪击案中。其他几个人受伤了。
圣路易斯警察局长迈克尔·萨克(Michael Sack)表示,嫌疑人奥兰多·哈里斯(Orlando Harris)在“强行进入”大楼时,持有一支AR-15式步枪和600多发子弹,在交火中死亡。
萨克在周三的新闻发布会上告诉记者,这家人之前曾就家中发现的枪支联系过警方。
10月15日,警方对哈里斯家中的家庭纠纷做出了回应,因为“嫌疑人的母亲在家中找到了一把枪,并希望将其移走,”圣路易斯警官查尔斯·沃尔(Charles Wall)周三晚上在更新中说。
沃尔说,警方认定哈里斯合法拥有这把枪,一名“该家庭所知的第三方”拿走了这把枪,因此它不再存放在家中。
“虽然还不清楚嫌疑人在这起事件发生后何时或如何拥有枪支,但我们可以确认,这起事件中涉及的枪支就是周一枪击案中使用的枪支,”沃尔说。
Law enforcement investigate the scene of a shooting at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School, on Oct. 24, 2022, in St. Louis.
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萨克周三说,去年高中毕业的哈里斯一直在看心理健康专家,他的家人在一些场合让他住院。
每当哈里斯的家人“注意到他有点越轨”...他们总是努力让他恢复药物治疗,恢复治疗,不管他需要什么,”萨克说。
萨克说,这家人一直“全力配合”警方,似乎“尽了一切可能”来帮助哈里斯,“但有时这还不够。”
沃尔补充说,“尽管他们尽了最大努力,这一悲剧事件还是发生了。”
萨克说,哈里斯“感到孤立和孤独”,“他和他所感觉到的学校社区之间存在脱节”。
他说,这所学校“一直是目标”。
萨克周二表示,哈里斯留下了一个笔记本,上面写着他希望“指挥这次校园枪击事件”
据萨克说,哈里斯写道:“我没有任何朋友,我没有任何家人,我从来没有过女朋友,我从来没有过社交生活。”
萨克说,哈里斯称自己为“孤立的孤独者”,哈里斯称之为“大规模射击运动员的完美风暴”
萨克说,哈里斯的家人有时会搜查他的房间,但家人并不知道他的笔记本。
萨克说,目前还不清楚哈里斯是何时或如何购买这把枪的。
Family tried to take gun from St. Louis school shooting suspect: Police
The family of the 19-year-old suspect accused of opening fire in a St. Louis, Missouri, high school had recently removed the firearm used in thedeadly school shootingfrom their home, but the teen somehow got ahold of it again, authorities said Wednesday.
One student and one teacher were killedin the Monday morning shooting at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School. Several others were injured.
The suspect, Orlando Harris, who police said was armed with an AR-15-style rifle and more than 600 rounds of ammunition when he "forced entry" into the building, died during an exchange of gunfire, according to St. Louis Police Commissioner Michael Sack.
Sack told reporters during a news conference Wednesday that the family had previously contacted the department about a firearm discovered in the home.
On Oct. 15, police responded to a domestic disturbance at Harris' home because the "suspect's mother had located a firearm in the home and wanted it removed," St. Louis Sgt. Charles Wall said in an update Wednesday evening.
Police determined that Harris legally possessed the gun, and a "third party known to the family" took the gun so it was no longer stored in the home, Wall said.
"While it is not yet clear when or how the suspect came to be in possession of the firearm after this incident, we can confirm that the firearm involved in this incident is the firearm used in the shooting Monday," Wall said.
Harris -- who graduated from the high school last year -- had been seeing mental health professionals, Sack said Wednesday, and his family had him committed on some occasions.
Whenever Harris' family "noticed him, kind of, stepping out of line ... they always worked to try and get him back on his medication, back into therapy, whatever it is that he needed," Sack said.
The family -- who has been "fully cooperative" with police -- appears to have "done everything they could have possibly done" to help Harris, Sack said, "but sometimes that's not enough."
Wall added that "this tragic incident occurred despite their best efforts."
Harris "felt isolated and alone" and "there was a disconnect between him and what he felt was the school community," Sack said.
The school "had always been the target," he said.
Sack said Tuesday that Harris left behind a notebook with writings about his desire to "conduct this school shooting."
According to Sack, Harris wrote: "I don't have any friends, I don't have any family, I've never had a girlfriend, I've never had a social life."
Sack said Harris called himself an "isolated loner," which Harris called a "perfect storm for a mass shooter."
Harris' family would search his room on occasion but the family was not aware of his notebook, Sack said.
It's not yet clear when or how Harris bought the gun, Sack said.