I would expect his mom to play along. It was her son and I’m sure he’s devastated and hasn’t fully come to terms with the situation. Sucks that the kid got smoked. Had it been a white kid getting shot by a black man in this same situation, I’m sure the comments on social media would’ve been “he fucked around and found out” or something like that.
My sadness for the parents is tempered by their complicity in promoting the image of a 12-year-old, sweet-faced kid. I was bothered by the story of an adult shooting a kid, and then I learned that the kid was a full grown man beating the crap out of a guy who happened to have a gun.