Boy Shot While Trick-or-Treating

[TheNewDG]

Now this is just out of control. What a scumbag!

Boy fatally shot trick-or-treating, police say - CNN.com

[SlipStream]

sign of our mad times

[CARLA]

Senseless and very sad.

[Nomad]

I didnt quite get the why of it. Were they being shot at or were they casualties of something else that transpired ?
Can you imagine taking your child out for an hour to have some fun and they end up dead ?
Very difficult thing to fathom.
They must be in total shock and disbelief right now.
Another thing I dont get is why victims of tragedy speak to the media immediately following an incident, Id think they would want to hibernate yet it happens frequently.

[CARLA]

In most cases they are speaking through an appointed other family member or a spokes person for the family.

[Nomad]

Originally Posted by CARLA

In most cases they are speaking through an appointed other family member or a spokes person for the family.

Personally I wouldnt even do that. Grief should be private.

[CARLA]

I agree but in high profile cases that attrack the media sometimes the only way to get rid of the press is to have a family representative talk to them.

[chonsigirl]

That is sad.

[flopstock]

Originally Posted by Nomad

.....Another thing I dont get is why victims of tragedy speak to the media immediately following an incident, Id think they would want to hibernate yet it happens frequently.

The family was headed home from a city-sponsored event downtown when they decided to stop at a few homes, Sumter Police Chief Patty Patterson said. The father and his four children approached a home with a porch light on about 8:30 p.m. ET while their mother waited nearby in a vehicle.
As the family was at the door, they thought they heard fireworks. The 12-year-old boy, his father and brother were all hit by the gunfire. The boy died at a hospital, Coroner Verna Moore said. The other two children were not hurt.
The boy's father and brother were taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Authorities have not released the identity of the family.
Patterson also would not release any more details about the shooting.

I think the family talked to the police. The police apparently talked to the media. And did not release the family name.

[spot]

Why's anyone surprised?

Assume a country where this strange concept of "this is my land and I'll kill anyone who trespasses on it without my consent" is prevalent and gets people nodding sagely in bars and radiating approval. A country where people assume that if someone's on their property without permission they have a lawful right to kill them without warning. Someone does just that, it's simple ignorance of the law combined with a total lack of acceptance that anyone else is a real person.