A mother has been arrested and charged for allegedly buying ammunition and tactical gear for her son’s planned mass shooting at his middle school.

Ashley Pardo, 33, from Texas was arrested on Monday, May 12, and charged with aiding in commission of terrorism after she allegedly provided ammunition and tactical gear to her son, whose behavior demonstrated plans for a ‘mass targeted violence’ aimed at Rhodes Middle School in San Antonio, per an affidavit obtained by ABC News. 
 
Back in January, Pardo’s son was first contacted in reference to ‘drawings of the local school he currently attended,’ the affidavit said.

The drawings included a map of the school — labeled ‘suicide route’ — and the name of the school written beside a rifle.

The son, who was not named in the affidavit, was contacted by officials at the time and described a ‘fascination with past mass shooters.’

Grandma tells it all

The grandmother told officials Pardo had been taking the boy to a local surplus store and bought him magazines, a tactical black vest ‘capable of concealing ballistic plates,’ a tactical black helmet and various army clothing, the affidavit said. 

On Monday, the boy told his grandmother he was ‘going to be famous’ before being picked up by his mom and taken to school, according to officials. 

The grandmother then looked through the boy’s bedroom, where she found magazines loaded with live rifle ammunition and pistol magazines loaded with live ammunition, the affidavit said. 

She also found an ‘improvised explosive device’ among the boy’s belongings, the affidavit noted.

The explosive device had the words ‘For Brenton Tarrant,’ referencing the shooter in the 2019 mosque attack, along with multiple ‘SS’ symbols and ’14 words’, referencing white supremacy, written on it, according to the affidavit. 

Pardo was reportedly purchasing the gear and ammunition for her son in exchange for babysitting his younger siblings.

The school told officials that on Monday, the boy arrived wearing a camouflage jacket, mask and tactical pants and left shortly after.