Grief-stricken KCK dad says 11-year-old son shot brother before shooting himself

[workinclasszero]

POSTED 9:39 PM, NOVEMBER 7, 2018, BY ROBERT TOWNSEND

KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- Ride through the neighborhood near North 85th Street and 85th Terrace in KCK, and you'll likely see the sadness on so many faces.

People are feeling a local family's pain, especially the patriarch who's grieving and at a loss for words.

"It's just hard. I don't know what to say," the father said Wednesday outside his home.

On Tuesday night, the father received a heartbreaking and unbelievable phone call from one of his kids. He said he learned that his 11-year-old son found his gun in their KCK home.

The dad said his sixth-grader then shot his 28-year-old brother several times inside their home before taking his own life.

https://fox4kc.com/2018/11/07/grief-stricken-kck-dad-says-11-year-old-son-shot-brother-before-shooting-himself/

[Calculating]

1. More daily tragedy

sigh.

[workinclasszero]

3. Yep

Just another tale of responsible gun owners and their tragic results.

Happens nearly everyday in NRAland.

[hlthe2b]

2. So an entire family destroyed for lack of due concern re: locking up their GD guns!

I am saddened for them, but even more so, ANGRY.

[NewJeffCT]

4. horrible and tragic

so sad to see an 11 year old take his own life.

[TreasonousBastard]

5. Grief stricken and guilt ridden. The NRA once spent a lot of time teaching people how to...

avoid such tragedies.

Now, this is just the price they say we have to pay.

[CrispyQ]

6. No words.

[maxsolomon]

7. Dad, you had a unsecured gun in your house.

You knew the risk.

I'd like to feel sympathy for gun owners but I don't any more.

[hatrack]

8. Fuck you "Dad"

Two kids are dead because you couldn't control your shit.

Sorry for them, not for you.

[mikeysnot]

9. Law abiding and responsible....

in peoples imaginations.

[msongs]

10. grief stricken dad couldnt be bothered to secure his pet gun nt

[Kaleva]

11. Earlier, an 11 y/o shot his grandmother and then himsel with his grandfather's gun.

"An 11-year-old boy shot and killed his grandmother and took his own life in their Arizona home after he was told to clean his room, authorities said.

The violent incident occurred Saturday evening in Litchfield Park, Arizona, a suburb of Phoenix, and was witnessed by the child's grandfather, whose gun was used in the tragedy, according to the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office."

https://www.yahoo.com/gma/11-old-boy-kills-grandmother-being-told-clean-160503919--abc-news-topstories.html

[harumph]

12. shot his brother "several" times...

seems like there is more to this story.