In the Interest of: T.P.

In the Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District DIVISION FOUR IN THE INTEREST OF T.P., ) No. ED110623 ) ) Appeal from the Circuit Court of ) Jefferson County ) 21JE-JU00493 ) ) Honorable Joseph A. Rathert ) ) Filed: May 9, 2023 Kelly C. Broniec, P.J., Philip M. Hess, J., and James M. Dowd, J. Introduction On November 2, 2021, T.P., a thirteen-year-old boy attending Festus Middle School in Jefferson County, Missouri, showed to a classmate, M.D., a gun hidden in his backpack. T.P. told M.D. that the gun was real, and that T.P. would shoot him if he told anyone. The gun was a replica toy gun…