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seamusTX wrote:The only news update on this incident is that the father was arrested and charged with murder. He is held without bail at this point.

With mug shot: http://www.wvmetronews.com/news.cfm?fun ... ryid=46163" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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If this incident makes any sense at all, without involving improbable TV-show plots, I wonder if PTSD was involved.

I find it hard to imagine that an experienced shooter could draw, acquire a target, and shoot his own son in the head without some conscious decision-making.

- Jim

seamusTX wrote:I tend to overuse terms like idiot and moron, but I am at a loss for words here. We've already done the facepalm thing to death.

Assuming that this story is perfectly true, the father

1. Gave a handgun to a boy who had never shot before.
2. Went downrange with a loaded weapon.
3. "Thought" the boy was shooting at him.
4. Shot his own son in claimed self-defense.
5. Thought the police would accept this story.

Now he will most likely be found guilty of a felony. Possibly his entire family will be destroyed, including his relationships with his own parents, if they are still living. It would not be surprising if he ends his days as a broken man.

- Jim