Man Shoots Own Son in 'burglary'

güttsfükk · #1 ● 09-28-2012, 03:12 PM

A US man mistakenly shot dead his 15-year-old son while investigating what appeared to be an attempted burglary next door, police say.

Jeffrey Giuliano, from New Fairfield in Connecticut, opened fire on a masked teenager outside his sister's house.

Police later told him he had killed his adopted son Tyler. No charges have yet been filed in the case.

"All in all it's a tragedy," said state police spokesman Lt J Paul Vance, quoted by the AP news agency.

According to police, the father was called by his sister, who lives next door, at around 01:00 on Friday (05:00 GMT) when she heard someone outside the house and believed they were attempting to break in.

Mr Giuliano confronted a person wearing a black balaclava and black clothing, and fired his gun when the person lunged at him with "a shiny weapon".

He did not know it was his son until they removed the head covering.

The teenager was discovered by police lying in the driveway with gunshot injuries, his father sitting nearby. Tyler was pronounced dead at the scene.

No charges have been filed, and an autopsy is planned.

Mr Giuliano is a science teacher in the town's school district.

In a statement to parents, schools superintendent Alicia Roy said: "Our district has experienced a tragedy that has affected us deeply".

"Everybody is just shaking their heads over it," New Fairfield First Selectman John Hodge told the Danbury News-Times on Thursday. "We're hoping the police can get to the bottom of it."

source : http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-19756499

DiamondSmiles · #2 ● 09-29-2012, 01:05 AM

The son must have been up to no good.

A little kid at the playground had a skeleton face and chest on yesterday and he thought he was scary. I'm guessing he was about 10. No one really paid any attention to him.

On a little kid, it's cute and it was daylight. The only thing worth any value were the children and I don't think he was up to no good :) or a predator.

Robert440 · #3 ● 09-29-2012, 01:45 AM

Maybe he wanted money for a video game or something..There now expensive....I have to limit myself to only 1 game a month...

Shelbeano ^-^ · #4 ● 09-29-2012, 07:07 AM

Shoot first, ask questions later...?

güttsfükk · #5 ● 09-29-2012, 07:29 AM

Originally Posted by Shelbeano ^-^ ↗

Shoot first, ask questions later...?

that's a really stupid statement/question....

if a masked person lurking in the shadows around your house at night then lunges at you with a shiny weapon when you confront them, would you ask questions before defending yourself?

Faline · #6 ● 09-29-2012, 10:10 AM

To be wearing a balaclava he was definitely up to no good but why rob a family members home.

Megamel29 · #7 ● 09-29-2012, 02:47 PM

I wonder what the shiny weapon was.

juliemd · #8 ● 09-29-2012, 04:35 PM

could have been a prank gone horribly horribly wrong.

DiamondSmiles · #9 ● 09-29-2012, 08:09 PM

Originally Posted by juliemd ↗

could have been a prank gone horribly horribly wrong.

Didn't work!

Shelbeano ^-^ · #10 ● 09-30-2012, 04:38 AM

Originally Posted by güttsfükk ↗

that's a really stupid statement/question....

if a masked person lurking in the shadows around your house at night then lunges at you with a shiny weapon when you confront them, would you ask questions before defending yourself?

It's not, really. I don't really think he "lunged" at him at all, I think that he said that to save his own ass. Then again we do see all kinds of shit stories on this site. I wonder if there's more to this one. It just doesn't add up. Why didn't the son say something before moving toward the father? If the son was really up to no good, why didn't he just run away when he saw his dad with a gun. Obviously he didn't see his face.

Man Shoots Own Son in 'burglary'

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