OC for ME
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Hillsborough teen kills dad to protect mom, investigators say
Tough, no matter how you look at it. My prayers to the family.
Tough, no matter how you look at it. My prayers to the family.
A Terrible Choice That Was Made
by OC for ME
Today, 07:43 AM
I see what you did there.What a tragedy. The kid did what he had to do, but he and his mother will have to live with that knowledge for the rest of their lives. The man may be dead, but the damage he did will live on.
BTW, I had to comment on how this appeared on the main index:
What terrible choice did you make this morning at 7:43??
Deputies say that's when their teenage son Channing saw his father strangling his mother. At that point investigators say, the boy had apparently had enough, he grabbed a gun, pointed it in the direction of Thorpe and pulled the trigger several times.
seems to be justified .... maybe more later ...
"Having enough" never excuses homicide. (IIRC only cops are "justified" in killing folks, but I might have that sideways.)
Protecting the life of an innocent third party is excusable homicide. But it sounds like there is not a lot of energy about to be expended looking into just how "innocent" mom was.
As long as everybody lets the kid believe he was a hero things will be allright. Let's just hope he can live up to being called a hero.
stay safe.
782.02 Justifiable use of deadly force.—The use of deadly force is justifiable when a person is resisting any attempt to murder such person or to commit any felony upon him or her or upon or in any dwelling house in which such person shall be.
782.03 Excusable homicide.—Homicide is excusable when committed by accident and misfortune in doing any lawful act by lawful means with usual ordinary caution, and without any unlawful intent, or by accident and misfortune in the heat of passion, upon any sudden and sufficient provocation, or upon a sudden combat, without any dangerous weapon being used and not done in a cruel or unusual manner.
Hero? Interesting. He may or may not feel like a hero after killing his father. Only time will tell. Some may call him a hero. Me, I call him a victim, who likely thought that he had run out of options."Having enough" never excuses homicide. (IIRC only cops are "justified" in killing folks, but I might have that sideways.)
Protecting the life of an innocent third party is excusable homicide. But it sounds like there is not a lot of energy about to be expended looking into just how "innocent" mom was.
As long as everybody lets the kid believe he was a hero things will be alright. Let's just hope he can live up to being called a hero.
stay safe.
Now, me not being there may taint my views. But, knowing what I know about how LE usually words "official" statements to the press, a few items can be inferred by the above.It all started at a bonfire where family and friends were hanging out at the home of Christopher and Jill Thorpe. Just before 10 p.m. the Thorpes went inside their home where an argument began.
The verbal confrontation soon turned physical as fists began to fly investigators say.
"He [Christopher Thorpe] was beating her; [he] kept punching her," said Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office Public Information Debbie Carter. "Then they went from the living room to master bed room where he kept beating her."
Deputies say that's when their teenage son Channing saw his father strangling his mother. At that point investigators say, the boy had apparently had enough, he grabbed a gun, pointed it in the direction of Thorpe and pulled the trigger several times.
Only time will tell.The investigation continues and all information will be turned over the State Attorney's Office to see if any charges are warranted.
Only time will tell.
1. DV (spousal abuse, child abuse) is not usually a one off incident, just a guess on my part, not enough historical information regarding this "family."There are so many factors in a case like this and we don't have all the details and might never have all the details.
Did the guy (who was shot) make it a habit of beating the mother?
Did he beat the child?
What else was going on there?