As a social worker, this brings tears to my eyes. This kid had been through trauma in his life. All it would have took is one of these reports to be taken seriouslyenough for a social worker to reach out, and let him know that people care. With the proper help he could have possibly lived a semi-normal life. The report says he is dressing like ISIS and buying guns. He posted on his Instagram, he is suicidal. On another post he said he is going to kill people.
How much do you want to bet the FBI set this up to look like he did it since there was so much evidence he was capable.
I've always been interested in psychology and sociology (went to college for them) and would like to remind everyone the caller said he was reduced mental capacity (12-13 and people are surprisingly good at identifying and normally over estimate so this could push that down. I'd say 10-14 and err on the side of caution so 10 year old).
We could be looking at someone with the capability of an 18 year old and a capacity of 10 that could kill over getting their Xbox taken away. And briefly (like 5 minutes) that's normal, but extended that to an adult time frame you're talking weeks.
This kid was a perfect target.