Texas teen hid loaded AK-47 in school trash can but was caught minutes before possible massacre unfolded after his parents noticed weapon was missing

A 17-year-old boy's intention to 'commit a violent act' was foiled after his parents noticed the weapons missing at their home in San Antonio, Texas

The unidentified boy was taken into custody after he was found at Madison High School with two loaded handguns and ammunition in his backpack

The boy also admitted to hiding the AK-47 in a trash can in the bathroom

The school with 3,200 students was placed on lockdown shortly after 10 a.m. on Monday, but no one was injured and no shots were fired

Police intend to charge the sophomore as an adult, on one count of making terroristic threats and possession of weapons in a prohibited place



A 17-year-old boy who hid a loaded AK-47 assault rifle in a school bathroom and two loaded handguns in his backpack intended to ‘commit a violent act,’ a school official said, but the plan was foiled when his parents discovered the weapons missing at home and alerted school administrators in San Antonio, Texas.



The unidentified boy was taken into custody after he was found at Madison High School with two loaded handguns and ammunition stuffed into his backpack.



North East Independent School District spokeswoman Aubrey Chancellor said the boy admitted to hiding the AK-47 in a trash can in the bathroom.

An unidentified 17-year-old boy in San Antonio, Texas, was taken into police custody on Monday after he was found at Madison High School with two loaded handguns and ammunition stuffed into his backpack

Kim Hunt, right, comforts her daughter Katie Hunt, a ninth grader at Madison High School in San Antonio, who spent 50 minuets hiding in a supply closet in the school after a student was found to have brought weapons to school

She said the assault rifle was placed in the bathroom either before school began or just as classes started, but Chancellor said it's not clear how the boy was able to sneak the weapon into the school. He also was found with a 12-inch knife.



The school with 3,200 students was placed on lockdown shortly after 10 a.m. on Monday. After the campus was searched, the lockdown ended at 11:30 a.m.

There were no reports of injuries or shots being fired.



The boy's parents awoke about 6 a.m. to find the boy missing, Chancellor said.



They called San Antonio police to report him as a runaway. When they discovered the missing weapons, they rushed to the school to speak with administrators, she said.

Parents pickup their kids, students at Madison High School in San Antonio after a student was found to have brought weapons to school and had pledged to 'commit a violent act' using an AK-47 assault rifle on Monday

The boy's plan was foiled when his parents discovered the weapons missing at home and alerted school administrators in San Antonio, Texas

Their son, a sophomore, was pulled from class and the handguns and ammunition were discovered in his backpack. His parents then asked what he did with the AK-47.



Chancellor said when he was confronted by administrators and his parents, the boy said he intended to make a series of demands during morning announcements.



If those demands weren't met he vowed to use the weapons to ‘commit a violent act.’ What the 17-year-old was going to demand hasn’t been made clear.



Police intend to charge him as an adult, on one count of making terroristic threats and another count of being in possession of weapons in a prohibited place, Chancellor said.

Parents wait in front of Madison High School in San Antonio on Monday after an unnamed student was caught with weapons

‘We can have every safety tool possible but at the end of the day what it comes down to is students, staff, parents, everyone being alert,’ she said.

