Lakewood Church shooter allegedly kept special needs son on feeding tube for disability checks

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HOUSTON, TEXAS: Disturbing details have emerged against Genesse Moreno, the Lakewood Church shooter, about the alleged abuse inflicted upon her 7-year-old son, Sam, for financial gain.

The accusations include the unnecessary use of a feeding tube solely to secure government disability checks, as disclosed by the boy's grandmother and rabbi, Walli Carranza.

Moreno met a tragic end after being shot dead by police during a planned attack at Pastor Joel Osteen's Houston church. Clad in a trench coat and armed with a rifle, the suspect had her special needs son, Sam, by her side during the incident.

Genesse Moreno kept son in 'infant-like state' for social security money

Sam's grandmother Carranza, currently at his bedside in the ICU after he was shot in the head during the altercation, has made startling allegations about the abuse the child endured. "A feeding tube was placed when he choked one time, and then she was supposed to get it taken out two weeks later. It was left in for years," she said. 

"As long as he was getting supplemental feedings like this, she was getting money from Social Security disability. We believe for financial reasons, she was keeping him in this infant-like state," as per Daily Mail.

Sam faced unmet healthcare needs from birth

Rabbi emphasized that Sam, born prematurely at 23 weeks, weighing less than a pound, faced significant challenges from birth. Surviving against the odds, he required intensive therapy for years, but the grandmother asserted that the child did not receive proper care for the sequelae of preterm birth, leading to asthma and speech impediments.

Despite efforts by Rabbi and her son, Enrique Aleberto Carranza, to seek intervention from Child Protective Services (CPS), the family alleges that their pleas were ignored. Moreno, known to CPS as homeschooling "the boy," lived with her son on a property belonging to the suspects' mother.

"This is what we asked Child Protective Services to enforce and they refused. And this is what custody was about, getting him into therapy. I understand she was allowed to homeschool a severely challenged kid," the concerned grandmother said.

Divorce records highlighted a contentious split between Moreno and the boy's father, a registered sex offender, resulting in her winning custody of the severely special-needs child. Sam remains in critical condition, showing signs of improvement, but potential memory loss looms if he survives the tragic incident. "My prayer is that Sam doesn't remember what had to be a time of terror for him," she added of the shooting. "He doesn't need to remember all that went before."