That was my first thought. Bet he was known by the Waffen FBI too.
Remains to be seen how much his parents should have known. A couple of thousand dollars in weapon and gear. But he was 18 so he could have bought everything without their involvement.
Do you have to be 21 to buy an AR clone in NY State?
"...if the gentlemen of Virginia shall send us a dozen of their sons, we would take great care in their education, instruct them in all we know, and make men of them." Canasatego 1744