A gun in the house saves five family members.
Sep 4, 2019 08:07:08 #
This is the headline gun nuts like to see, sadly it isn’t true. Having the gun available allowed a 14 year old to slaughter his entire family.
A teenager who called 911 and said he had heard gunshots has admitted to k*****g five members of his family, Alabama authorities said.
Deputies responding to the home in Elkmont early on Tuesday morning found one adult and two minors dead at the scene. Another adult and minor were hospitalized with critical injuries and later died.
The Limestone county sheriff’s office said a 14-year-old confessed to the k*****gs.
Sheriff Mike Blakely told WAFF the victims were the teen’s father, stepmother and siblings. Authorities did not describe any possible motive.
A sheriff’s spokesman, Stephen Young, said the teenager initially told a dispatcher he was downstairs when he heard gunshots on the home’s upper floor. The sheriff’s office said investigators recovered a handgun that had been tossed along a nearby roadside.
“It’s an absolutely terrible thing, and I can’t wrap my arms around it,” Elkmont’s mayor, Tracy Compton, told the News Courier.
“Our heartfelt condolences are extended to the family, the school, the whole community. It’s just unimaginable,” said Compton, who lives near the house where the shootings happened.
Young told WHNT that the 14-year-old attended Elkmont high school. The small town is north-west of Huntsville, near the Tennessee line.
“Please be in prayer for our school and community. We will have extra counselors at school today,” Elkmont high school tweeted.
A teenager who called 911 and said he had heard gunshots has admitted to k*****g five members of his family, Alabama authorities said.
Deputies responding to the home in Elkmont early on Tuesday morning found one adult and two minors dead at the scene. Another adult and minor were hospitalized with critical injuries and later died.
The Limestone county sheriff’s office said a 14-year-old confessed to the k*****gs.
Sheriff Mike Blakely told WAFF the victims were the teen’s father, stepmother and siblings. Authorities did not describe any possible motive.
A sheriff’s spokesman, Stephen Young, said the teenager initially told a dispatcher he was downstairs when he heard gunshots on the home’s upper floor. The sheriff’s office said investigators recovered a handgun that had been tossed along a nearby roadside.
“It’s an absolutely terrible thing, and I can’t wrap my arms around it,” Elkmont’s mayor, Tracy Compton, told the News Courier.
“Our heartfelt condolences are extended to the family, the school, the whole community. It’s just unimaginable,” said Compton, who lives near the house where the shootings happened.
Young told WHNT that the 14-year-old attended Elkmont high school. The small town is north-west of Huntsville, near the Tennessee line.
“Please be in prayer for our school and community. We will have extra counselors at school today,” Elkmont high school tweeted.
Sep 4, 2019 09:42:34 #
Kevyn wrote:
This is the headline gun nuts like to see, sadly i... (show quote)
And what is your solution, Kevyn?
Sep 4, 2019 11:35:35 #
Kevyn wrote:
This is the headline gun nuts like to see, sadly i... (show quote)
More thoughts and prayers...
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