San Antonio police on Monday arrested a teenager accused of threatening to shoot up an area school and a family member, an arrest warrant states

Nathan James Lalo Cruz, 17, was arrested after he attempted to acquire AR-15 as recently as Monday morning, preparatory to a school mass shooting

Cruz planned “to do the same thing” as his cousin, Salvador Ramos, who carried out a mass shooting at Uvalde’s Robb Elementary School in May 2022, that killed 19 students and two teachers

Cruz made the concerning statements to his sister and was also overheard trying to buy an AR-15 illegally, before he was turned in by his mother

Nathan Cruz faces a felony charge of making a terrorist threat to the public and a misdemeanor charge of making a terroristic threat to a family member

Nathan James Lalo Cruz, 17, faces a felony charge of making a terrorist threat to the public and a misdemeanor charge of making a terroristic threat to a family member

San Antonio police on Monday arrested a teenager accused of threatening to shoot up an area school and a family member, an arrest warrant shows.
The suspect, 17-year-old Nathan James Lalo Cruz, is the cousin of the Uvalde mass shooter, the warrant states.
San Antonio police were first dispatched to a mental health call in progress Monday, after the caller said Cruz planned “to do the same thing” as his cousin, Salvador Ramos, who carried out a mass shooting at Uvalde’s Robb Elementary School on May 24, 2022, that killed 19 students and two teachers.
He was eventually killed by police after a litany of delays getting to him.  
Cruz made the concerning statements to his sister and was also overheard trying to buy an AR-15 illegally, the arrest warrant states. The disturbing development was reported to authorities by the teenager’s mother.

Salvador Ramos, 18, [photo], rampaged through Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas on May 24, 2022. He killed 19 children and two teachers

When she called authorities, she told police they live across the street from an elementary school and that the teen suspect had recently told another family member “school is starting soon,” according to the warrant.
The warrant does not state which school the family lives near.
The caller also told police that suspect was overheard in a phone conversation with an unidentified person Monday morning during which he “attempted to acquire an AR-15 through an illegal private sale,” according to the warrant.
He faces a felony charge of making a terrorist threat to the public and a misdemeanor charge of making a terroristic threat to a family member, jail records show.
Although the warrant states that the suspect’s family told police he is on probation, the records were not immediately available, meaning past charges may have been filed against him when he was a minor.
Cruz was booked into the Bexar County Jail on Monday afternoon and bond had not been set.