On Halloween night, a 12 year old boy with his father, 2 younger siblings were out trick-or-treating while his mother and the youngest were in the car. The boy knocked on the door and the man who lived there, Quentin Patrick, thought they were robbers. Mr. Patrick shot through the door with an assault rifle, killing the 12-year old and injuring the father and one of the siblings. Police Chief Patty Patterson said that it was a real tragedy as the kids were just out for Halloween. Mr. Patrick was arrested on several charges.
He told police he had been robbed and shot in the past year. "He wasn't going to be robbed again, and he wasn't going to be shot again," Patterson said Saturday at a news conference.
I think it is really sad because they were just out having fun for Halloween. The lesson we might learn from this is that you're never perfectly safe - something can happen at anytime in any place.
-- Article from CNN.com on November 2, 2008. Copyright 2008 by the Associated Press.
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Very sad.
Daniel, I think your comment could be a bit more profound. I probably would not consider that a cogent comment.
Maybe don't wear a robber costume on Halloween?
The boy wasn't dressed as a robber but the owners of the house merely shot him without looking. What if he was a ladybug, it makes no difference.
Elizabeth, Sometimes, less is more. Profound? Cogent? A boy is dead! There is no deeper sadness than the death of a loved one. Are you not cognizant of that? It is indeed, very sad.
Daniel & Dad
I understand and it's really not my choice to make. It is devastating! Also, Ms.M tends to not like the word 'sad'.
I'm not following. What was not your choice? I don't remember Ms. M. discouraging the word "sad". I'll talk to her about that. Let's agree that this was a devastating, tragic and sad story.
Sure, let's just settle this and say that it was (alas) a truly grief-stricken, downcast, heart-breaking, sorrowful story.
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