That's the million-dollar question. Why would such a good kid with so much promise do this? We know he had a gambling addiction, but why didn't he seek other options? That has everyone scratching their heads.
This is one of the nicest kids I've ever met, but his gambling addiction led him to make a terrible, terrible mistake. There's so much good in this kid. It easily outweighs this one bad mistake.
That's one of the reasons why we have him in therapy. That's the million-dollar question a judge is going to ask.
He owed some money. He chose this route a bank robbery to try to pay some gambling debts rather than talk to his family members, borrow money.