Closed captioning of: Honor student charged with pulling gun on mom
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where an
honors student
is accused of using a stolen gun to
pistol whip
and threaten her
mother
in order to get a car.
kerry sanders
is in ft. myers, florida, with details. good morning. bizarre story.
>> reporter:
yeah, good morning, meredith. the 17-year-old is being held here at
juvenile detention
. we can't talk to her to get her version of the story but deputies say she was so desperate to buy a
used car
she grabbed a gun and turned it on her own
mother
. 17-year-old
rachel
was an
honor student
at the private and prestigious
canterbury school
in ft. myers, florida. but monday deputies say she so wanted a black nissan convertible on the lot at this dealership she pistol-whipped her
mother
. according to the
police report
she then pointed it at her
mother
's head and stomach to force her
mother
to cosign the loan for the car. sean banigan was the
car salesman
.
>>
what was she like?
>>
i think she was an educated
young lady
that came in, did her research. she seemed older than she really was.
>> reporter:
did she seem anxious?
>>
no, not at all.
>> reporter:
sean said
rachel
first came to the lot by herself. when she found out she was too young to buy the car alone she returned with her
mother
on board to cosign for the car. when you hear what you now hear can you connect any dots looking back?
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not at all. looked like a normal car deal.
>> reporter:
rachel
, seen in this picture taken from her facebook page is an athlete who's won model u.n. competitions. her
mother
was reluctant to press charges because her daughter is an
honor student
who's been accepted to several
ivy league
colleges on scholarship. the gun was a sig suauer similar to this one. the weapon was stolen eight months ago. who owned it? a
police officer
at the southwest
regional airport
.
>>
raising questions as to what people she's hanging out with, how did this gun get in her possession and why did she threaten to kill her
mother
.
>> reporter:
17-year-old
rachel
is now charged with aggravated
assault with a deadly weapon
without intent to kill. deputies say when they recovered the weapon they also found illegal drugs and we reached out to her attorney. he said he had no comment. meredith, her
mother
said she didn't want to comment either.
>>
kerry sander, thank you very
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