Police: Fatal Austin mass shooting arose from a teenage feud

[TexasTowelie]

A deadly weekend mass shooting in Austin’s famed entertainment district arose from a feud between two groups of Central Texas teenagers, according to a police affidavit filed Wednesday.

Harker Heights High School student Jeremiah Tabb, 17, was arrested at school Monday and remained in Travis County Jail on Wednesday. He is charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, a second-degree felony punishable by two to 20 years in prison.

Bond is set at $500,000, but a police spokesman said it was unclear if he had an attorney to speak on his behalf.

In the arrest affidavit filed by Austin police filed in a Travis County district court Wednesday, a wounded male juvenile is quoted as telling detectives at an Austin hospital that he was with friends on East Sixth Street, a famous entertainment strip, when they began exchanging stares with a youth he identified as JT and JT's friends.

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(Killeen Daily Herald)

[AndyS]

1. Too many guns, period.

At 17 he wasn't supposed to be able to buy a gun. How did he get his hands on it? Straw purchase? Parent's home? Stolen from an unsecured car? Bought in some parking lot from a private seller?

Who will pay a price for providing a child with a gun?

[Glorfindel]

2. "Who will pay a price for providing a child with a gun?" Nobody.

n/t