Posted on 02/11/2005 5:30:33 PM PST by Ellesu
Boy, 16, Charged With Assault With Deadly Weapon:
A 16-year-old boy was charged with shooting his father in their southwest Harris County home Friday, Local 2 reported. The shooting was originally reported as a case of domestic abuse, but deputies said the boy apparently witnessed a sexual act between his parents and thought the father was abusing the mother.
Sheriff's deputies charged the boy with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, a first-degree felony.
Detectives told Local 2 the mother and father were engaged in consensual sex when the shooting occurred at about 3:30 a.m. inside the family's home on Mira Monte near Corta.
Investigators said the couple's 11-year-old son woke up to his mother making loud noises.
"During the course of love making, the wife was evidently being somewhat loud … loud enough to where it woke the children up," Harris County Sheriff's Department Sgt. Mike Smith told Local 2.
The boy woke his brother, who then walked into his parent's bedroom and told his father, 43-year-old Jacob Hughes, to leave his mother alone.
Officials said that is when the teen shot his father in the arm.
Detectives originally told Local 2 that the son said he fired the gun as a way of defending his mother during an argument he thought she was having with his father.
"The children interpreted the noise as their mother being in danger," Smith said. "The 11-year-old went into the room, forcibly went into the room, to protect his mother. (The child) observed his parents making love and got the 16-year-old. The 16-year-old came back in and fired the shot."
After investigating previous problems at the home, officials said there have been previous reports of abuse in the family and that father had been charged and convicted of domestic violence.
Officials said the children feared their mother was being hurt due to their father's previous convictions for abuse and that is the reason the oldest son shot his father.
Authorities said they have not determined whether the mother was screaming for help.
"That is a very important question. I can see why you are asking that. We are trying to work that out right now. We are trying to decide if it was a passionate scream or was it a cry for help," Smith said.
Hughes was transported to a hospital to be treated for his injuries. He was released late Friday morning.
Officials said the couple has been married for 20 years.
Thanks for the belly laugh.
At 3 A.M.?
Right click and you can view where it's from.
Yeah, it sounds a little strange.
You live up to your name, lol.
No lights allowed on after Mother nature and Father time have played havoc with your body through the years....lol.
Oedipus to Dad:
Dad, what are you doing? You know Mom belongs to me.
Geez. If this kid ever stays at a Holiday Inn Express he better pack two clips.
For a 16 year old to take such drastic action the previous abuse must have been extremely violent.
Does anyone know if this young man has a lawyer or even the means to hire a good defense attorney?
Greta covers these cases to the nth degree. If she is able to verify the facts, and decides this is a newsworthy case, the publicity might motivate a good attorney help him.
Mmmm...maybe I will email her at Fox.
Officials said the children feared their mother was being hurt due to their father's previous convictions for abuse and that is the reason the oldest son shot his father.
Authorities said they have not determined whether the mother was screaming for help."
Why am I hearing Jimmy Durate's voice?
At least when you kill the innocent it's a painless death.
Quick, clean and painless.
Which makes me wonder whether his previous convictions for abuse were because of rough consensual sex. It's happened before that parents had abuse charges lodged against them by neighbors or relatives who overheard enthusiastic sex and called the cops. Once a complaint is lodged with the authorities, it's impossible to explain away and innocent people end up in the courtroom.
Of course, this fellow may be truly abusive, but the current action by his son who mistook sex for abuse is very troubling.
Why aren't you in this thread?
Stop that you're making me hot.
Where do you get one of those?
Mine makes way too much noise.
"Because women who have been repeatedly abused and still stick with the abuser are custom to lying to cover for the abuser.
This kid cannot be that stupid especially since he knows what the sound of domestic violence sounds like."
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I tend to agree with what you say, snarkytart, being as I used to work at a battered women's shelter.
Maybe he is just really dumb?
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