Posted on 07/14/2006 9:27:43 PM PDT by woofie
Gunfire at McLean Home Followed Fight With Wife
A former Bush administration official, after arguing violently with his wife Thursday night, shot and killed his 12-year-old son inside their McLean home, then turned a shotgun on himself and committed suicide, Fairfax County police said.
William H. Lash III, 45, was an assistant secretary of commerce from 2001 until last year, then returned to teach at George Mason University Law School in Arlington, where he had begun as a professor in 1994. His wife, Sharon K. Zackula, fled the house before the shootings, and police said yesterday they were not sure what ignited the murder-suicide in a first-floor bedroom.
Friends and neighbors described Lash as devoted to his only child, William H. Lash IV, who was autistic. Will Lash had just completed sixth grade at Haycock Elementary School in the Falls Church area, Fairfax school officials said. The father and son could often be seen side by side on the swing set in their back yard, one neighbor said, and the pair often attended Washington Nationals baseball games.
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Lash was "Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Market Access and Compliance".
I am pretty sure Bush never heard of him.
And I will wake up and thank God for it.
Sad. How soon before the rotten left sees a conspiracy involving Bush, Cheney, Rove or unnamed "neo-cons?"
Standby for a wrongful death lawsuit Mr. President!
Oh gee...what a terrible thing to do.
What the HELL does that mean?
Very sleazy. This tragedy had zero to do with President Bush. I voted for him so if I committed some insane criminal act would the headlines read "Bush supporter goes berserk"? Prayers for this family.
Exactly what it says.
It doesn't make ANY sense.
How incredibly sad.
If he and his wife were splitting and there was a disagreement on custody of the child, he, in his deranged condition could see no other recourse.Most men see better alternatives under similar circumstances.
Is that about it?
If so I agree with what you said.
Well, let's try again.
Some men find themselves in a relationship with a woman, and then subsequently elect to become fathers.
Should that relationship with the woman go sour, the man finds himself under court order to write a check to the state every month, amounting to roughly 1/3 of his gross income.
The state then takes that money and gives it to the mother of the child, supposedly to be used to substitute for the presence of a father.
This may or may not be the case, because there is no state supervision of how the custodial parent spends the money.
The amount is set based on the man's current earnings, and is difficult to adjust if those earnings decline.
Should that happen, and the father finds himself unable to supply the state with the prescribed amount of money each month, he is branded a "deadbeat dad" and a warrant is issued for his arrest.
The next time he attracts the attention of a Law Enforcement Officer, he is arrested for failure to provide the state with the correct amount of money to pass along to his child's mother each month to use as she sees fit.
Repeat as necessary until the father is bankrupt and in prison.
I feel very sorry for all involved.
Horrible. Prayers for the family.
Look at the different headline from different news sources:
AP
William Lash tragedy: Ex-Commerce Dept. official kills son, self
WA Post
Ex-Bush Aide Fatally Shoots Son, Himself
Agreed. I don't want to be told anything at all about the backgrounds of these people in the news. If I'm interested, I'll look it up myself. Also, connecting him to George Mason University is disgusting. More information I don't want to be told. I could have looked that up myself if I were interested.
Really aggravating.
"I don't want to be told anything at all about the backgrounds of these people in the news."
I do.
The article doesn't even hint at what you are talking about.
Only if the liberal news media can use his death to score points against George W. Bush.
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