12-year-old Iowa boy charged in shooting death of stepfather

[onehandle]

DES MOINES, Iowa – A 12-year-old boy was charged Friday with murder and other counts in a shooting that killed his stepfather and wounded a young girl in Iowa.

Authorities responded to a shooting Wednesday afternoon in Chariton, about 40 miles south of Des Moines. When they arrived at the white farmhouse south of town, they found the body of Todd Peek, 37, who authorities say was shot in his upper body.

Authorities said 5-year-old Cheyanne Peek was also found in the home with a gunshot wound to the leg. She was taken to a Des Moines hospital. On Friday, the hospital said it had no listing for the child but would not comment further and it was unclear if she had been released. Lucas County Attorney Paul Goldsmith declined to comment on the girl or her condition.

The boy's mother, Sarah Peek, 33, and another girl, age 7, were in the home at the time of the shooting, police say, but neither was wounded. Someone in the house called 911, but authorities declined to say who made the call or provide more details about the shooting.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100212/ap_on_re_us/us_iowa_stepson_charged_4

[sharesunited]

1. Guns in the home are for safety. So this story must not be true.

[xchrom]

2. +1

[Walk away]

6. + 1000

[farmout rightarm]

5. Shame on you.

...

[WhiteTara]

7. lol

even with out the :sarcasm:

[proteus_lives]

9. Millions grow up with them in the house.

Where are the bloodbaths?

Where are the millions of victims?

[sharesunited]

10. Never never defend this.

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=7237140

http://www2.nbc4i.com/cmh/news/crime/article/licking_co._authorities_respond_to_double-shooting/28593/

http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/278933,four-year-old-shoots-sister-aged-2-in-las-vegas.html

http://www.wltx.com/news/story.aspx?storyid=58451

http://www.wlky.com/news/21720331/detail.html

http://articles.sfgate.com/2008-09-22/bay-area/17159784_1_hayward-sister-block

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004092998_websister26m.html

http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/world/young-boy-shoots-brother-in-south-carolina_100222656.html

http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local-beat/Man-Shoots-Brother-at-Moms-House-78373007.html

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,525604,00.html

http://www.9wsyr.com/mostpopular/story/Police-12-year-old-child-fatally-shoots-brother/kAFv2-f2U06isueHT6oCEg.cspx

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/83988.stm

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9807E3D7173CE633A25754C1A9649C946396D6CF

http://www.wkrn.com/global/story.asp?s=8611124

http://www.wjactv.com/news/14568476/detail.html

[proteus_lives]

12. And millions of people live with, carry and work guns everyday.

Shall I post drunk driving death stories? Because that will make as much of a point as you ever do.

[aikoaiko]

14. This only sounds logical to fear mongers.

Oh, and look they came to support you.

[farmout rightarm]

3. Someone will blame gay marriage for this tragedy.

But there has to be more to this story...the mom and another sibling were in the house but not harmed apparently? I'm feeling sad for everybody involved with this awful event. :cry:

[Stargleamer]

4. Child-proof caps but not Child-proof guns in the Land of the Free

I struggle at night to take off the caps to my pills to take. Perhaps I should just do what any other reasonable American would do and grab my Smith and Wesson and give them a good "Pop!" to open them.

[WhiteTara]

8. yet another tragedy.

may their family have healing.

[Glassunion]

11. Yet another sad example

Of copy and paste posts without a point.

Truly a shame, to waste all that Internet ink.

[Euromutt]

13. And because of this incident, we should conclude... what, exactly?

That women with underage children shouldn't marry men who aren't their children's biological fathers?

[sharesunited]

15. Conclude simply that guns are a scourge. You need take away nothing more.

[rd_kent]

16. Incoherent internet postings are a scourge.

[Tejas]

17. correction: 'abusive' stepfather

http://dmjuice.desmoinesregister.com/article/20100212/NEWS/2120371/1001


Only time will tell if future info will show what circumstances led to the stepfather being shot. Hopefully the wounds of the other family members were not intended.