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Georgia teen who shot parents wanted to read bible, not to do chores. [View all]
Investigators in Columbus, Georgia say that a 15-year-old boy shot his parents because they asked him to do chores when he wanted to look up a Bible verse for a friend who wanted to be saved.
In a court hearing on Monday, Detective Amanda Hogan explained that the teen felt he had a mission to find the correct Bible verse for his friend on Thursday. But his parents insisted that he first complete his chores, which included getting an old comforter packed up so that it could be donated to Goodwill, according to the Ledger-Enquirer.
Hogan said that the boys rage grew overnight, and when he came home from school on Friday, he took a 9mm handgun from his parents nightstand and hid it in his room. After his parents returned from work, their son opened fire. Stepmother Kristi Askevich, 45, was hit in the right wrist. Randal Askevich, the boys 40-year-old father, was shot in the right hip.
When police arrived, they stayed outside the home because the parents were reportedly still being held at gunpoint. Randal Askevich later got his son to turn over the gun, and Kristi Askevich came outside to explain the situation to police.
Kristi Askevich told police that the boy was on several medications. Both parents were shocked that he had shot them.
http://syndicatednewsservices.com/2013/04/17/georgia-teen-who-shot-parents-wanted-to-read-bible-not-do-chores/
In a court hearing on Monday, Detective Amanda Hogan explained that the teen felt he had a mission to find the correct Bible verse for his friend on Thursday. But his parents insisted that he first complete his chores, which included getting an old comforter packed up so that it could be donated to Goodwill, according to the Ledger-Enquirer.
Hogan said that the boys rage grew overnight, and when he came home from school on Friday, he took a 9mm handgun from his parents nightstand and hid it in his room. After his parents returned from work, their son opened fire. Stepmother Kristi Askevich, 45, was hit in the right wrist. Randal Askevich, the boys 40-year-old father, was shot in the right hip.
When police arrived, they stayed outside the home because the parents were reportedly still being held at gunpoint. Randal Askevich later got his son to turn over the gun, and Kristi Askevich came outside to explain the situation to police.
Kristi Askevich told police that the boy was on several medications. Both parents were shocked that he had shot them.
http://syndicatednewsservices.com/2013/04/17/georgia-teen-who-shot-parents-wanted-to-read-bible-not-do-chores/
The dangers of Religious indoctrination in action.
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Georgia teen who shot parents wanted to read bible, not to do chores. [View all]
cleanhippie
Apr 2013
OP
Like the typical fundie, he apparently was a cherrypicker of the highest order.
kestrel91316
Apr 2013
#9
"On several medications" I am thinking maybe some of them are not working or interacting well,
GreenPartyVoter
Apr 2013
#5
If you're allowed here to suggest that certain matters are religious issues, then other people
struggle4progress
Apr 2013
#41
You should feel free to ignore people who try to bully you into silence: if somebody
struggle4progress
Apr 2013
#42
(satire follows) see when you do things like apologize politely in a disarming way..
Phillip McCleod
Apr 2013
#28
When something like this happens, and the kid's found to be playing video games or RPGs...
backscatter712
Apr 2013
#29
Mentally-ill adolescent with access to guns. What could possibly go wrong?
struggle4progress
Apr 2013
#36
It's just a guess, of course, but one might expect a certain amount of self-rationalizing
struggle4progress
Apr 2013
#39
UPDATE: Parents allegedly shot by son missed court because they were in the hospital, pastor says
struggle4progress
Apr 2013
#38