Teen Fatally Stabs Uncle’s Attacker — Who Turns Out to Be Boy’s Father
- Posted on September 6, 2011 at 8:00pm by
Christopher Santarelli
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A teenage boy from Pierce County, Washington, unwittingly stabbed his father to death Friday night when coming to the defense of his uncle. KOMO on the tragic turn of events:
Sgt. Mike Blair of the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office told KOMO that the son ran out to the driveway of the home when seeing his uncle attacked by an unidentified assailant with a crowbar.
“The teen stabbed the attacker multiple times in an attempt to defend his uncle – not knowing that the attacker was his own father, Blair said.”
ABC News reports that the 47-year-old father was estranged from the family, and that the 17-year-old son has not yet been taken into custody.
“’He was standing up for the safety of his uncle — it just so happened that it ended up being his father who was killed,’ Blair said, adding, ‘certainly we would allow a member of our community to protect somebody who’s being feloniously assaulted, and that’s kind of where we’re at right now.
‘Based on the circumstances … we were comfortable that this person is not a danger to the rest of society,’ he said.”
The father’s girlfriend could not explain why he would have started the fight with his brother.
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Die Trying
Posted on September 7, 2011 at 4:57pmthat is a burden i cannot even imagine bearing.
Report Post »Truth1776
Posted on September 7, 2011 at 4:19pmTo see a family member being beaten with a crowbar, go to defend them and in so doing kill another family member, and that a parent – I cannot imagine. Puts my own troubles in a different perspective. May the Lord grant the young man peace.
Report Post »Lover of America
Posted on September 7, 2011 at 4:04pmI’m with you Abbygirl1994; some people just have no class. Thoughts and prayers to the family.
Report Post »Matrhorn
Posted on September 7, 2011 at 2:04pmWow, this is just sad. I hope that the 17 year old boy understands that is was because of the actions his father had taken, that his father had died. If his father had not attacked his uncle with a crowbar than the son would have not had to defend his uncle. That said, either way it is going to be very hard for him to live with what happened.
Report Post »abbygirl1994
Posted on September 7, 2011 at 11:38amI am constantly amazed at some of the thought processes of some people at the Blaze.. hard hearted cold, unfeeling. This is a very sad thing and people make jokes?? Where is your humanity? My condolences to the family, to the young man who will have to live with this.. he did the right thing.. but a very sad outcome. God help!
Report Post »SCARY
Posted on September 7, 2011 at 5:43pmIm with you Abby.Im close to ditching this site,just because the lack of caliber of people on here that seem to have something stupid to say for everything.This place is starting to suck.
Report Post »German Dude
Posted on September 7, 2011 at 6:39pmScary, please feel free to leave the site. I find it interesting that you judge all the people that come to this site without knowing anything about them. Looks to me like you are the judgmental one and need to go play in another sandbox with your friends and leave this one to people who like being here.
Report Post »Bonnieblue2A
Posted on September 7, 2011 at 10:58amThis is going to mess up this poor kid in his head for the rest of his life. How sad!
Report Post »SlimnRanger
Posted on September 7, 2011 at 11:11amAnother very sad story,Lord be with that family
Report Post »OldVietVet
Posted on September 7, 2011 at 10:09amYou can’t make this stuff up–horrible for the boy, his uncle and father! Pray for them!
Report Post »temple62
Posted on September 7, 2011 at 9:06amSounds like a new Reality TV version of “All in the Family”.
Report Post »TomFerrari
Posted on September 7, 2011 at 8:37amI CALL FOR IMMEDIATE CROWBAR CONTROL LAWS!!!
We need CROWBAR CONTROL, and we need it NOW!!!
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Gonzo
Posted on September 7, 2011 at 10:06amWhen you outlaw crowbars, only outlaws will have crowbars. I think that mandating crowbar owners be licensed and put on watch list is sufficient.
Report Post »Fly Old Glory 24/7 365
Posted on September 7, 2011 at 10:32amyou can have my crowbar when you pry it from my dead cold fingers…….
Report Post »bry
Posted on September 7, 2011 at 10:53amWhat if the drug cartels got ahold of them? Doom!
Report Post »Bible Quotin' Science Fearin' Conservative American
Posted on September 7, 2011 at 11:52amSame tired joke. Comparing a crowbar to a gun is a false equivalency.
If the father had a gun then the uncle and the kid would be dead.
Report Post »LastAmerican
Posted on September 7, 2011 at 7:21pmBible quote. If either the boy or the uncle had a gun the father would still be dead. What’s your point?
Report Post »love the kids
Posted on September 7, 2011 at 7:17amMay I suggest that we background check for crowbars, mabey a waiting period? I think that the only people that really need to carry these tools are Tow truck drivers.
Report Post »Ben__Franklin
Posted on September 7, 2011 at 7:33amWe do not need no background checks to purchase Crowbars. Oblahblah and his Libturd useful idiotts will have them banned by Executive order. Then only criminals will carry them to beat down the lawful citizens in the streets who no longer can defend themselves. A black market for unregistered Crowbars will flurish under mob organized crime. Homicide rates will climb as violence between mob families break out for turf. Anyone can get a Crowbar for a price and no one knows who has one since there is no longer any registration required. Prohibition all over again folks…..now apply that to the Libturds fantasy of banning guns.
Report Post »TomFerrari
Posted on September 7, 2011 at 8:50amDon’t forget rocks.
We need rock control laws, too!
If you take away their crowbars, they’ll get their hands on rocks… SOMEHOW.
Or, maybe if we only make NON-LETHAL crowbars !!!
They could all be made out of Nerf Foam !
We could have government run agencies that change tires with those robotic/mechanized tire mounting machines. Then, everyone could come to the government agency for tire changes.
Of course, we will need a government run towing company, because roadside tire changes will also be forbidden. Just think how much lovelier the highways will be without roadside tire changes. Hmmm… The Department of Mandated Vehicular Support? (DMVS) The DMVS would be very efficient, we ALL know that!
Then, we could gather ALL the rocks in the world, and grind them down and polish them into pretty little creek pebbles. Awwww… won’t those be prettier than all that crush-and-run gravel? Of course, we will need a government agency to do this. Perhaps the Rock Grading and Polishing Bureau? (RGPB) or, we could have the OMNIPOTENT BUREAU AND MACHINED AGGREGATE (“OBAMA”)
Report Post »Being omnipotent, we would no longer require elections, either. Just think of all the time and money we will save.
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sissykatz
Posted on September 7, 2011 at 5:33amWhat a sad situation. I can’t imagine why the guy got a crowbar.????/ I woiuld be defending also.
Report Post »I’m sorry for the guy. I don’t see any reason for crimainal charges.
ZengaPA65
Posted on September 7, 2011 at 2:16amRiiiiiiggggghhhhttttttt.
Report Post »johnnyrockett
Posted on September 7, 2011 at 1:40amthat sucks!
Report Post »Captain Crunch
Posted on September 7, 2011 at 12:52amWhat kind of madman attacks his brother with a crowbar?
Report Post »Brothers will get into fights…but a crowbar?
Ben__Franklin
Posted on September 7, 2011 at 7:36amSounds like white trash. The father could not find a hub cap to beat him with and grabbed a crowbar instead.
Report Post »zman61
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 11:48pmpoor kid will be scarred for life. I hope someone will get him some counseling. Sad story.
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on September 7, 2011 at 7:33am.
Report Post »I think he was already scared………
junior1971
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 11:43pmWoW!
Report Post »decendentof56
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 11:17pmWhat can ou say? No crime commited by the boy.
Report Post »macpappy
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 11:47pmOh, Snap!
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