sounds like there is still much more to learn, judging by the comment about the grandfather telling the grandmother to disclose more to police just before she got emotional and asked them to leave.
being disciplined by his stepmother right in front of his father, if true, may have been particularly humiliating for the boy. and the fact that he shot tim six times may just be how it played out but it also could indicate that he had some anger/rage at tim also, possibly he was disciplined in front of tim or tim actually disciplined him too.
im not pointing any fingers at anyone, obviously lots of parents spank their children and are strict with them, im not claiming that this ever rose to any level of abuse.
simply that this may very well be the one child in a million that just couldn't process it, and combined with the access to guns and gun training at such a young age... as i said early on this thread, we could just be talking about a "perfect storm" type scenario. one that simply cannot be predicted.
im trying to be very sensitive to all parties here, but i think we also have to acknowledge the possibility now that there may very well have been physical abuse beyond simple spankings, those are very odd comments for a grandmother to make about her grandson while at the same time trying to protective and sympathetic to him (which she was).
im very curious to know the extent of the child's "writings".
just reading what i have written and i realize i keep flip-flopping but i guess thats just how this case is, every time something comes out it makes sense but at the same time it makes the whole thing even harder to understand.
my brain just cant wrap itself around that little boy, with that voice, reloading and shooting his dad and another adult that many times with a rifle.
im starting to wish i never heard about this case.
and sad.
