Police: Texas teen kills mom, brother before killing himself

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Police: Texas teen kills mom, brother before killing himself

Updated 4:37 pm, Monday, April 11, 2016

DALLAS (AP) — Investigators are trying to determine what led a Texas teenager to fatally stab his brother and his television-personality mother before mortally wounding himself, police said Monday.

Police in the Dallas suburb of Plano said 19-year old McCann Utu Jr. attacked his 45-year-old mother, Stacy Fawcett, and his 17-year-old brother early Friday before stabbing himself multiple times at the family's home. Authorities said he called 911 at some point and admitted to the killings.

Plano police spokesman David Tilley said a motive for the murder-suicide remains unclear, noting that there were no witnesses to the attack and that Utu didn't leave a note. Police said they weren't aware of any past calls from the home.

Tilley said investigators are conducting interviews with family and friends who say Utu's disposition dramatically changed after he suffered a concussion during a high school basketball game in the fall of 2013, and then another concussion a few months later during an altercation with another student.

Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/texas/article/Police-Texas-teen-kills-mom-brother-before-7241453.php

[Tempest]

1. I hope his brain is donated for CTE study

Anger and lashing out violently is a symptom of CTE.

[Human101948]

2. He should have done it in reverse order...

Kill self.....

[Zira]

3. I was thinking the same thing.

RIP to the victims.

[Aristus]

4. Oh shit. The gun-fucks are going to be out in force on this one.

"See? Doesn't this mean we need to ban knives? If you don't think so, you're a hypocrite!"

Conveniently overlooking the fact that three people were killed, which is still far too many, instead of thirty. And the kid up there had to get up close and personal in order to commit his crimes, instead of standing across the street, firing, while screaming people scatter.