# Remember the 12-year-old Nevada boy who killed his teacher and then himself? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 10, 2013, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-the-12-year-old-nevada-boy-who-killed-his-teacher-and-then-himself/673560 "2013-11-10T06:35:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2013, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-the-12-year-old-nevada-boy-who-killed-his-teacher-and-then-himself/673560/1 "2013-11-10T06:35:37Z")
The media wasn’t going to release his name, but I just heard it on MSNBC. Guess they couldn’t keep it secret forever. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2013, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-the-12-year-old-nevada-boy-who-killed-his-teacher-and-then-himself/673560/2 "2013-11-10T06:39:52Z")
**Remember the 12-year-old Nevada boy who killed his teacher and then himself?** No. Asked and answered. We can close this thread now. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2013, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-the-12-year-old-nevada-boy-who-killed-his-teacher-and-then-himself/673560/3 "2013-11-10T07:49:50Z")
It was published in articles as early as 24 Oct. I read it in an Australian news site article 5 days ago, when the parents apologised for his actions. ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2013, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-the-12-year-old-nevada-boy-who-killed-his-teacher-and-then-himself/673560/4 "2013-11-10T08:21:13Z")
So what is his name and why did they keep it hidden? The reason initially given was: “out of respect for his family”. ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2013, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-the-12-year-old-nevada-boy-who-killed-his-teacher-and-then-himself/673560/5 "2013-11-10T08:26:01Z")
Ah. [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparks_Middle_School_shooting) says it was Jose Reyes. Reyes’ father, Jose Reyes Sr., said that his son assisted at the family’s coffee shop in Sparks. There had been troubles with the father battering the son. Unless the family’s coffee shop is the head quarter of the Starbucks Imperium, what is the juice here? They seem just ordinary people in an extraordinary tragedy. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2013, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-the-12-year-old-nevada-boy-who-killed-his-teacher-and-then-himself/673560/6 "2013-11-10T15:46:26Z")
**Moderator Action** I’m not seeing a factual question here. Since this seems to be mostly commentary about a particular event, let’s move it to MPSIMS. Moving thread from General Questions to Mundane Pointless Stuff I Must Share. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2013, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-the-12-year-old-nevada-boy-who-killed-his-teacher-and-then-himself/673560/7 "2013-11-10T18:18:48Z")
> [@Maastricht](#): > > There had been troubles with the father battering the son. If that is true, no wonder the boy had the kinds of problems he did. ☹ p.s. I had originally planned to post it in this thread, but went with GQ instead.