Interrogation Footage Reveals Disturbing Details About Perry Hall Shooter
Robert Gladden, 15, was recently sentenced to 35 years in prison for the late August shooting at Perry Hall High School.
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Following the sentencing of convicted Perry Hall High School shooter Robert Gladden, the Baltimore County states attorney's office released video of the troubled teen's interrogation, which occurred shortly after his arrest.
Speaking to two sets of investigators, Gladden, 15, describes the shooting in detail: how he hid the gun in his backpack, told two friends to leave the cafeteria, assembled the weapon in a bathroom, walked back into the school's cafeteria and opened fire and how a guidance counselor pinned him against a vending machine bringing the shooting to a stop.
In the first of the videos, the time is noted as 3:30 p.m. Aug. 27—hours after the shooting occurred.
At one point, asked by investigators when he started to have suicidal thoughts, Gladden replies, "fourth grade."
Investigators asked him whether he would repeat his actions and Gladden replies, on separate occasions, that if he could change the past he would have fired the first shot then turned the weapon on himself or that he would simply have taken his own life.
Neil B
1:19 pm on Thursday, February 28, 2013
Why are these video's public?
theadore mann
2:09 pm on Thursday, February 28, 2013
He was tried as an adult and these were entered into the record as evidence. That way people can see why people plea to crimes and the is no ghost of coerrsion after the case is closed. Maybe making them soooo public is a case of going to far, but people see enough crime tv and stuff on the internet they start losing focus that sometimes a bad guy gets caught doing bad things.
Kristen
2:46 pm on Thursday, February 28, 2013
While I would never justify what this boy did, he was failed on so many levels. He was obviously very troubled since he was a kid and never got any help.
Stop Crime
3:05 pm on Thursday, February 28, 2013
Yeah, had he gotten help this would not have happened. More proof that degrading mental health is the cause of violence in this country, not guns.
JohnS
3:14 pm on Thursday, February 28, 2013
Kristen, when you say things like that, you ARE justifying the crime. There are many people who have terrible parents and terrible lives, who never kill people.
CP
3:33 pm on Thursday, February 28, 2013
Also with that said he does have a personal responsibility.
Neil B
3:36 pm on Thursday, February 28, 2013
The whole thing feels rushed through the courts. I don't get it. 4 kids in Canton stomp a guy downtown for an ipod, killing him and they get at most 7 years. It feels like they are trying to use this kid as an example.
Stop Crime
3:56 pm on Thursday, February 28, 2013
Yeah 35 years is really excessive for this.
CP
9:57 am on Friday, March 1, 2013
Excessive? He tried to commit mass murder!!!
funnyguy
2:47 pm on Thursday, February 28, 2013
Hell yeah we got some extremely personal video of a disgusting crime. This is gunna be juicy, wheres my chips
Kristi H
4:00 pm on Thursday, February 28, 2013
I am glad thart he got the sentence he did. He KNEW exactly WHAT he was doing, WHEN he was going to do it and HOW he was going to do it. He is a sick person and i hope he serves his full sentence. He can think about all the lives he threatened that day and poor Daniel Borowy and his family. He is a problem in society...Good Riddens, Gladden.
Stop Crime
4:28 pm on Thursday, February 28, 2013
He's a 15 year old depressed child who didn't get the help he needed. He'd be much better off in the juvenile system until age 21, getting the help he needs. 35 years in adult prison starting at age 15 will make him a true criminal when he gets out. The adult prison system is nothing but a revolving door.
hub0000
6:35 pm on Thursday, February 28, 2013
"35 years in adult prison starting at age 15 will make him a true criminal when he gets out."
He took a gun to school with the intention of shooting multiple people and you don't consider him a true criminal.
Stop Crime
6:59 pm on Thursday, February 28, 2013
He felt as though he had no other options. He's clearly a case of not having help. His mom saw his cuts and didn't do anything, which was a start. He was suicidal since 4th grade. I'm sure someone noticed this and did nothing. He is still helpable. 35 years with Big Bubba won't fix this. It'll make it worse for when he's 50 and is out of prison.
Jimmy
9:26 am on Friday, March 1, 2013
Did you watch the interview? There was no remorse, never said he was sorry and said he would do it again....REALLY? You think 6 years in a juvenile facility is where he needs to be...REALLY?
Stop Crime
6:13 pm on Friday, March 1, 2013
Yes, juvie will be where he gets help. If you would actually research the adult prison system you'll see that help is hard to get there.
04Gator
4:09 am on Monday, March 4, 2013
Stop Crime, I don't get why you're defending the kid. He shot someone intentionally. Not only that, he admitted himself that he should get 2,500 counts of attempted murder. What else do you need to call this kid a "true criminal." I'm sorry, but he's getting everything he deserves.
buck horowitz
6:48 pm on Thursday, February 28, 2013
Help? Just from a legal point...I thouht a minor could not be investigated without a parent/guardian present? Anyone?
Stop Crime
7:00 pm on Thursday, February 28, 2013
Yes, that's true. They can be detained.
buck horowitz
9:02 am on Friday, March 1, 2013
Based on the questions by the investigators, I did not think at this point in the timeline that any charges have been determined - juvenile or adult.
Up and At Em
9:25 pm on Thursday, February 28, 2013
Damn, 21 bullets. 20 for other students and one for himself. Enough said.
Stop Crime
9:28 pm on Thursday, February 28, 2013
Now he's going to go to prison and learn to do it better next time.
MJB
10:56 pm on Thursday, February 28, 2013
Evets, your ignorance is showing.
Certain crimes are automatic waivers and no court is needed and as another poster pointed out parents don't need to be present for an interrogation anyway. Second, "teach your kids that the police are not on your side", great lesson. When your kid is hurt and lost they will be afraid of the people who are there to help them but you will teach them otherwise. Darwinism at its best, end that shallow gene pool quick. Maybe the lesson should be to treat people with respect and don't be a criminal that way understanding Miranda rights can stay low on the list of childhood accomplishments.
Just my opinion
10:38 am on Friday, March 1, 2013
Why post this? I would much rather not give more credence to someone already convicted. Let's not glorify the criminal and perhaps look at the victim(s). How is Daniel doing? What's new with Mr. Wasmer? How is the senior class of PHHS getting ready to graduate? Let's look at lives well lived and stop trying to get a rise out of the citizenry by rehashing negativity. Come on Patch, there is so much better to write about. Sharpen those journalistic minds!
04Gator
4:02 am on Monday, March 4, 2013
Because its newsworthy. People want to see this. Clearly, they got you to watch it also so don't doubt their journalistic minds. You do your job and let the Patch do theirs.
Gabriel Anthony
12:16 pm on Friday, March 1, 2013
He needs help and i hope after he gets out that he is a changed man. I think 35 is long myself but that is my opinion as i can see why others think it should be longer. Depression to me is nonsense. Commercials and people trying to sell medicine will continue to say people are depressed so you can take there meds. Go to a country like Syria or the Philippines or Africa and you will understand that depression should exist in those countries yet they don't. We all get depressed with isolated situations in our life but to say you are depressed your whole life is bull.
Loomis
12:44 pm on Friday, March 1, 2013
he needs to be in jail a lot longer than 35 years...he will definitely be a menace to society when he comes out
Kim
2:34 pm on Friday, March 1, 2013
OMG....THIS VIDEO ENRAGES ME. First of all, why is the available to the pubic? This child has such a flat affect and is CLEARLY DEPRESSED. Within the fist one minute of this video, he said more than once that HE wanted to die and die as young as the 4th grade. I think it should be a LAW that no one ever speak unless an attorney is present with you. He will never survive an adult prison and we will probably be reading that he either committed suicide or murdered. PLEASE do not dispute MY opinion to all of the "He got what he deserves people" I am in no way defending his actions and an innocent child suffered greatly however, this child is clearly suffering also and will never never ever get the treatment that he so needs. My heart breaks for this child as well as the one who was shot.
BobBaft
1:59 am on Sunday, March 3, 2013
Do you want to pay for his help by yourself? I think not. So now it will be shared by all us taxpayers...until he hangs himself in jail because he's tired of getting ash raped in his Federal Pound Me In The Arse cell.
wilbur jones
2:46 pm on Friday, March 1, 2013
Hey stop crime maybe if he didn't get 35 years he could get out and kill you. He deserves every year of it
DGAF
2:58 pm on Friday, March 1, 2013
This kid deserves everything coming to him.
Kim
3:03 pm on Friday, March 1, 2013
Hey Wilbur and DGAF, you must be officers of the law. You seem to have the same almighty mentality.
DGAF
3:06 pm on Friday, March 1, 2013
Kim im guessing your a psychologist ? Or just someone that thinks their opinion matters?
Kim
3:08 pm on Friday, March 1, 2013
It does matter...just like yours does
DGAF
3:10 pm on Friday, March 1, 2013
You didnt answer the first question though? "PLEASE do not dispute MY opinion to all of the "He got what he deserves people" I am in no way defending his actions and an innocent child suffered greatly however, this child is clearly suffering also and will never never ever get the treatment that he so needs. My heart breaks for this child as well as the one who was shot."
Just wondering as to how you know this kids suffering?
Ashley
4:10 pm on Friday, March 1, 2013
He doesn't deserve sympathy. He gave up that when he attempted to mass murder his classmates. He could have taken any number of paths in life. He chose this one.
Terri Stafford
5:43 pm on Friday, March 1, 2013
I know this boy committed a terrible crime. He grew up very poorly parented. He was very sick but was never given any help. I feel terribly sorry for him and the school children & workers there.
Walter
6:38 pm on Friday, March 1, 2013
I can't believe Patch is publishing the names of minors mentioned by Gladden.
04Gator
3:57 am on Monday, March 4, 2013
The Patch didn't publish anything. They are just sharing what Baltimore County State's Attorney published, which is evidence.
Spring Heeled Jack
6:41 pm on Friday, March 1, 2013
Why is this piece of S**t still getting media time? WHO CARES! Focus on the victim and supporting him! Move on and let the long haired "misunderstood" freak get his punishment in jail. Good riddens! Please get back to the news and leave this long hair to rot.
al walker
12:23 pm on Saturday, March 2, 2013
do parents not see their children are having issues? this young man states a few times he has been this way since 4th grade and cutting himself since 6th grade. proof parents do not pay attention nor care about the needs of their kids. they should be held responsible. feel sorry for the little ones those parents have now. maybe they will learn what to do and not to do with them.
teacher
1:36 pm on Saturday, March 2, 2013
FYI- Bobby went to the elementary school where I teach. He was showing "issues" even back then and his mother did actually try and get help for him. She was very involved with the school- she volunteered, etc. and did listen to us when we talked with her about his behavior and tried to help him. I have no clue what happened after elementary school. Bobby obviously is a very emotionally disturbed person. I would like to think prison is going to help him, but it won't. BTW, Jesse Wasmer and Daniel also went to our elementary school, so you can see that both good and evil exist everywhere. It is a horrible situation and as a former teacher of Bobby's, it was sickening to watch for sure. A sad situation all around!
Diego De La Vega
12:35 pm on Friday, March 8, 2013
Do any of those here proclaiming to feel so sorry for poor little "Bobby" plan to go visit him in prison? I'm sure he could use your friendship during these trying times.......
Bueller.....Bueller......Bueller......