13-year-old Colorado boy accused of killing father

[Janelle2002 3,865]

GYPSUM, Colo. (AP) — A 13-year-old boy in a small Colorado town is accused of shooting his father twice in the head and trying to conceal the slaying for days by telling the man's employer his father was sick, authorities said Tuesday.

The boy was arrested Monday after a tip from the unidentified employer led deputies to check on the family.

Authorities said the boy answered the door and told them his 50-year-old father was dead in the home. The coroner said the man had been dead for about six days. Authorities said they still don't know a motive for the killing.

Before the slaying, the boy was under scrutiny for spraying graffiti, the Eagle County Sheriff's Office said. The father didn't show up for a meeting with deputies last Wednesday to discuss the graffiti investigation in the western Colorado town, but it wasn't until the employer's tip that authorities went to investigate, sheriff's office spokeswoman Jessie Mosher said.

The father's name has not been released, and the juvenile was being held in a detention facility on suspicion of first-degree murder.

The sheriff's office said the boy's mother had not been living in the home with her son or ex-husband, but would not release any more information.

Neighbors told KCNC-TV (http://tinyurl.com/op2q8b2 ) that the man and his son lived in the home for more than a year, but no one heard anything out of the ordinary until deputies showed up.

Eagle County coroner Kara Bettis said the boy is suspected of firing at least two shots, the station reported.

"There was one to the back of the head and one to the temple," Bettis said. "The one to the temple was contact and the one in the back of his head was from farther away."

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Information from: KCNC-TV, http://www.cbsdenver.com

Getting killed by your own gun.

Edited May 7, 2014 by Janelle2002

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Good thing he had a piece to protect himself from a home invasion, eh?

[Janelle2002 3,865]

Good thing he had a piece to protect himself from a home invasion, eh?

More people are getting killed by their own kids now days or family members than home invasions.

[Peikko 1,575]

I think most people do realise that guns in the home are just a bad idea. If this kid did kill his dad because of some kind of fear that he was going to get punished for vandalism, that's just tragic whatever way you look at it. The kid had the gun, the kid won. Brilliant.

[Janelle2002 3,865]

I think most people do realise that guns in the home are just a bad idea. If this kid did kill his dad because of some kind of fear that he was going to get punished for vandalism, that's just tragic whatever way you look at it. The kid had the gun, the kid won. Brilliant.

Guns are turning America upside down.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

More people are getting killed by their own kids now days or family members than home invasions.

Yes, indeed. The gun in the house is more likely to hurt or kill a member or acquaintance of that household than a home invader.

I think most people do realise that guns in the home are just a bad idea. If this kid did kill his dad because of some kind of fear that he was going to get punished for vandalism, that's just tragic whatever way you look at it. The kid had the gun, the kid won. Brilliant.

True. That is why 2 out of 3 households do not have a gun.

[Peikko 1,575]

Yes, indeed. The gun in the house is more likely to hurt or kill a member or acquaintance of that household than a home invader.

Yet, despite all the evidence that proves this is the case, some people will argue that guns make the home safer. Stranger logic at work.

[mota bhai 2,675]

Guns aren't about safety, they're about liberty.

[Peikko 1,575]

Yes, the liberty to shoot your dad 'cause you're scared of a spanking.

[Janelle2002 3,865]

Yes, the liberty to shoot your dad 'cause you're scared of a spanking.

Very good point.

[mota bhai 2,675]

You don't take away a society's means of preserving their liberty because some people misuse it any more than you take away a society's safety net because some people misuse it.

[Janelle2002 3,865]

Guns aren't about safety, they're about liberty.

The liberty and right to kill others at will? Because this is what is being done in the U.S. currently.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Guns aren't about safety, they're about liberty.

That's hogwash.

[mota bhai 2,675]

That's hogwash.

Liberty is precisely why the Second Amendment exists. You should read it sometime.

[eieio 1,594]

The liberty and right to kill others at will?

I must have missed that part in the constitution

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If you don't want guns in YOUR home....don't bring any in. It is pretty simple.

Next you will want to ban cars....cause they kill.