A 14-year-old boy has been arrested after allegedly killing his parents and severely injuring his 11-year-old sister at their home in a rural community in Fresno County, California, on Wednesday, authorities say.
The suspect, who is not being identified because of his age, originally called the sheriff’s office after the double slaying and told them someone had broken into their house in Miramonte, attacked his family, and fled in a truck, Fresno County Sheriff John Zanoni said during a news conference Friday.
Detectives later noticed inconsistencies in the boy’s story, according to Zanoni.
“Evidence ultimately showed that he had fabricated the story of a break in and was responsible for using multiple weapons to attack his mom, his dad and his sister,” Zanoni said.
Guess we need more checks then. Glad we agree.
We do, but what’s been proposed so far will not fix the problem.
Really fixing the systemic problems we have in the US that cause these issues, like lack of mental (and other) healthcare, socioeconomic inequality, and plain old racism, will obviously take decades, but we could at least start on it now instead of knee-jerking about the guns, when gun violence is one symptom of much bigger problems.
None of that is ever going to happen in the US.