SAN ANTONIO – The mother of a 13-year-old San Antonio ISD student who allegedly bought ammunition, magazines and tactical gear for her son is accused of pointing a gun at an infant in 2023.
Ashley Pardo, 33, was arrested Friday on a charge of abandoning or endangering a child with criminal negligence, according to a warrant obtained by KSAT.
The charge comes less than three months following her first arrest on May 12 for aiding in commission of terrorism, court records show.
According to the warrant, which was issued on Thursday, photos were found on Pardo’s phone of her pointing a shotgun at the head of an infant, estimated to be 11 months old.
In March 2023, Pardo sent the photo on a messaging platform to the infant’s biological father, telling him that the infant was being a “brat,” San Antonio police said in the affidavit.
She texted him, “Tell her to keep being bad,” according to the document.
The warrant states that in the photo, Pardo appears to have her finger on the trigger guard as the infant reaches towards the barrel of the gun.
Pardo was out on bond awaiting indictment with a partial house arrest after the judge granted her the ability to pursue employment.
The magistrate judge handed Pardo a $45,000 bond on Friday for the new charge, and she was ordered to have no contact with her children.
If Pardo bonds out, she will still be required to wear an ankle monitor. She was also ordered to have no alcohol or firearms.
Pardo told the magistrate judge that she was supposed to check in with parole officers for a drug test on Friday, but missed it because of the arrest.
Last week, a Bexar County judge ruled that Pardo’s 13-year-old son will remain in custody after his grandmother pleaded for him to be released into her care.
In May, the student arrived at the Jeremiah Rhodes Middle School campus “wearing a mask, camouflage jacket and tactical pants but left shortly after,” police said. The student was later found off-campus and charged with terrorism, according to school officials.
He had expressed a desire to carry out “acts of mass violence” at Rhodes Middle School, court documents show.
According to court documents, he is also accused of setting fire to dumpsters at the Barcelo Apartment complex near the Interstate 10-Loop 410 interchange in 2023, when he was 11 years old.
San Antonio police Chief William McManus described Pardo as “dismissive and unconcerned” with his behavior when confronted with his plans to carry out acts of violence.
Her son’s next hearing is scheduled for Aug. 7. A full timeline about the case can be read on our website.
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