Sunday, January 20, 2013

Teenager Killed 5 in New Mexico With Family AR-15

On Saturday a teenager, 15, seems to have been able to get a hold of his father's AR-15 and shoot five family members. According to a New Mexico news station, KOB 4, the bodies included an adult male, and adult female, one juvenile male and two juvenile female. The shooter has already been arrested and charged for the killings. The AR-15 is a semi-automatic rifle that has been a large focus of the gun control debate consuming this country during the past month. Without question this is a tragedy, and hopefully it wont be used as a talking point in any kind of debate.






A Reddit user who says he is distantly related to the family, says:
"The 15 year old was a member of the family. He killed his parents and 3 younger siblings with his dad's guns. A very right-wing, pro-gun family. The dad was very strict and very religious who kept his entire family isolated and locked down. I'm sure that teenager, feeling trapped, just snapped!"
 More of this story will be revealed once the kid gets tried and most likely goes through psychological evaluation. Our hearts and thoughts go out to the kid and the family.

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