DA Compares Child With Autism to Sandy Hook Shooter in Assault Case

As Westword wrote on July 17, Logan Thompson, a child with autism, was charged with third-degree assault and harassment after an October 2015 altercation with another student in a Douglas County school.

In the lawsuit between the Thompson family and the 18th District Attorney's office, a deputy district attorney compared the child to the Sandy Hook shooter, Adam Lanza, who killed twenty children and six adults at a Connecticut school in 2012 — the second-deadliest school shooting in U.S. history.

"I do want to make a little bit of record, because here's the problem," said Deputy District Attorney Deborah Wrenholt during a July 2016 court session. "Some of these autistic kids can be very violent. I don't know if you've ever heard of Adam Lanza, but that's what we're trying to avoid. Sometimes there needs to be up-front stuff so that somebody doesn't become violent.

"There are studies out, unfortunately, that kids who are dual-diagnosed with autism and something else can lead to very violent crimes," Wrenholt continued. "What we're trying to do is make sure that that he doesn't reoffend."

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