Very Sad Story

[SVT Cobra]

Article

It is long but it is a very good read. I had to stop and take a break from reading it in the middle, then I went back to it. You got to give the kid a lot of respect for continuing to do what he is doing. :thumbsup:

 

[zoiks]

Such a sad story.

 

[FoBoT]

gack! that guy (the dad) must have been insane

scary stuff

 

[hjo3]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
gack! that guy (the dad) must have been insane

Ya' think?

Andrew Detwiler was bipolar, a disorder that causes dramatic mood swings and severe changes in energy and behavior.

 

[MisterJackson]

I've never never never understood what can drive a mother or father to kill their own blood.

 

[JDrake]

The kid shot his dad when the dad was running away... in self defense?

 

[ForumMaster]

damn... i wonder how come they didn't diagnose the father as bipolar befor. not that it mattered, buthe obviously had mental problems.

 

[SVT Cobra]

Originally posted by: joedrake
The kid shot his dad when the dad was running away... in self defense?

No from what I remember, the dad started to point the gun at him. And lets say the dad was running away, are you really going to press charges on the kid?

 

[SVT Cobra]

bump for a good read

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: F22 Raptor
bump for a good read

 

[DanTMWTMP]

wish the kids the best. It's great that they still do what they want to do.

 

[newParadigm]

dude, i really feel for the kids...

 

[dawnbug]

That was really sad. It sounded like there was a very real possibility that their mother was thinking of leaving their father... after his years of unemployment that seemed to get him depressed, maybe that threw him over the edge? Very sad, though. Those kids are amazing.

 

[JDrake]

Originally posted by: F22 Raptor

Originally posted by: joedrake
The kid shot his dad when the dad was running away... in self defense?

No from what I remember, the dad started to point the gun at him. And lets say the dad was running away, are you really going to press charges on the kid?

From what I could tell, the dad points the gun at his sons, the kid shoots the dad in the hip, dad starts running, kid shoots again (in anger?)...

 

[InlineFour]

the sister is a looker

didn't read the article yet, but from the posts, it seems like the dad is bipolar and shot his kid?

 

[JDrake]

Originally posted by: InlineFour
the sister is a looker

didn't read the article yet, but from the posts, it seems like the dad is polar and shot his kid?

No, shot his wife, the mother. Kids then shot the dad.

 

[jagec]

If I was the older brother, I would just collapse after shooting my own dad. Especially if he was a good guy most of the time. I don't know how I could live with myself, even if it wasn't my fault.

 

[Inspector Jihad]

that isnt too far from where i went to high school...man that really sucks, i really feel for them.

This goes to show that we need to understand and work on mental disorders...because as a society, we just tend to label them insane.

 

[Circlenaut]

Originally posted by: MisterJackson
I've never never never understood what can drive a mother or father to kill their own blood.

Clearly it's sickness, no other explanation. It's like their upper brains just shut off, taking reason, love and compasion along.

 

[chuckywang]

I read that article because it was linked from TheDevilsDen (Duke sports message boards). I immediately thought of that article when I read the title. I'm very surprised such an article has been posted on more than one message board, since I don't know how many people read page2.

 

[bigrash]

wow. that's crazy

 

[rbrandon]

Originally posted by: joedrake
The kid shot his dad when the dad was running away... in self defense?

the fatehr had already shot the mother at that point

 

[JDrake]

Originally posted by: rbrandon

Originally posted by: joedrake
The kid shot his dad when the dad was running away... in self defense?

the fatehr had already shot the mother at that point

I know... I'm saying his dad started to run from him, but he continued to shoot.

 

[rbrandon]

if i were the kid, i would have done the same thing. not taking a chance that daddy is gonna coman back and blow my or my brothers head off

 

[AaronB]

Corey fired twice in self-defense, hitting Andrew once in the hip and once in the back as he tried to run, the gun still in his hand.

I won't claim to know what the law says about this but it seems obvious to me that if your aggressor is still armed with a gun as they turn and run from you, then they are still a valid target.

There is no way to tell if the man was running away or just running to take cover so he could continue to attack.