Last month, a woman in Texas potentially stopped a mass shooting after notifying authorities of threats allegedly made by her grandson, the U.S. Attorney's Office of the Northern District of Texas announced Monday.
In a press release, the office said 19-year-old William Patrick Williams of Lubbock allegedly told his grandmother he purchased an AK-47 rifle and wanted to "shoot up" a hotel and "commit suicide by cop." Fearful that he would hurt himself and others, she was able to get Williams to a local hospital.
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