Mom of teen charged in Wilmington school shooting says her son was in danger

Deablo claims her son was attacked on school grounds on the very first day of the school year before he even got into the building.

Her son was originally suspended for 10 days, but she said the suspension was shortened to five days when school leaders determined the attacker wasn't even a New Hanover High School student.

Monday was her son's first day back from suspension, Deablo said, and she was nervous about sending him to school.

Fight at Wilmington high school leaves one student shot, another arrested

After he left for school, the family said they were sent screenshots that someone wanted to hurt him, which led her husband to visit the school and check on their son just 30 minutes before the fight broke out.

Deablo said her son attended another local school, Laney High School, in the past, but he was transferred after the family moved.

While she vehemently denied her son is in any way affiliated with a gang, she said he was still targeted.

"It's a side-of-town thing," she said. "If you're not from this side of town, then you don't come on this side ... there's a lot of gang, rival gang stuff going on."

Deablo said, after the fight the first day, she spoke to the school's assistant principal and even went to the Board of Education to determine a plan to keep her child safe. Now, she says not enough was done to prevent Monday's events.

Deablo's son is still detained and awaiting his day in juvenile court, and she said the two families impacted by the shooting will likely never be the same.

"I don't condone any violence, I don't like any of this, I just pray for every family that's involved," she said. "We will get through this, and I'm not gonna stop, I'm gonna fight for my son, and that's just that."

The New Hanover County Sheriff's Office has yet to reveal any additional details about the investigation.