Father shoots 15 year old son over allegations of sex abuse against child

This story has a lump in my throat -- its just crazy, and I don't know how to feel about any of it!


Angry father shoots 15-year-old son dead over allegations the boy molested a 3-year-old girl

HIGHLAND PARK, Mich. (AP) -- A 37-year-old father irate over hearing his 15-year-old son had sexual contact with a 3-year-old girl made the teen strip at gunpoint, marched him to a vacant lot and shot him to death despite pleas from the boy and his mother, a relative said.

Michigan authorities filed a first-degree murder charge Wednesday against Jamar Pinkney Sr. in the shooting death Monday of Jamar Pinkney Jr. in the Detroit enclave of Highland Park.

Defense attorney Corbett O'Meara said prosecutors should consider evidence of the father's state of mind over the sex abuse report.

"If something were to happen that would cause a reasonable person to lose control of himself, that is something the prosecution would have to take into account," O'Meara said outside Highland Park District Court.

Tensions were high in the courtroom Wednesday as the handcuffed suspect was led into the room for the arraignment, which lasted less than a minute.

"No, No, No," one female relative cried before a police officer escorted her out.

Judge Brigette Officer entered a not guilty plea for Pinkney, who's also charged with assault, and ordered him jailed without bond until a preliminary examination Dec. 1.

"This is something that's hard to deal with for all the parties concerned, including the police," police Chief Ted Caldwell said afterward. "Highland Park is a small city. These are people who have been members of the community for years."

Caldwell said the sexual misconduct allegation that led to the confrontation wasn't part of the police investigation.

The shooting happened Monday night in a vacant lot in the once-prosperous city of 16,000, where decay, abandonment, fires and demolition have eaten away at many of the sprawling homes. Highland Park recently exited years of state financial oversight.

"This is something that's hard to deal with for all the parties concerned, including the police," police Chief Ted Caldwell said afterward. "Highland Park is a small city. These are people who have been members of the community for years."

Caldwell said the sexual misconduct allegation that led to the confrontation wasn't part of the police investigation.

The shooting happened Monday night in a vacant lot in the once-prosperous city of 16,000, where decay, abandonment, fires and demolition have eaten away at many of the sprawling homes. Highland Park recently exited years of state financial oversight

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Re: Father shoots 15 year old son over allegations of sex abuse against child

OMG

Re: Father shoots 15 year old son over allegations of sex abuse against child

Wow!! That is horrible!!

Re: Father shoots 15 year old son over allegations of sex abuse against child

WOW.. just wow.

There are a FEW things that are insane about this story.
The boy and a 3 year old is horrible.
The father killed his son over it is just crazy.

Re: Father shoots 15 year old son over allegations of sex abuse against child

Everything about this is so sad.

Re: Father shoots 15 year old son over allegations of sex abuse against child

Wow. This is just so incredibly sad overall. WHAT IF this boy didn't do anything to the 3 year old? But regardless, the thought of doing this to his own child, and in front of the child's mother.

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Posted by LoveyQ
the thought of doing this to his own child, and in front of the child's mother.

Re: Father shoots 15 year old son over allegations of sex abuse against child

Wow I just got chills reading this. What a horrible situation.

Re: Father shoots 15 year old son over allegations of sex abuse against child

I would think for a father to shoot his own son, he must have known something happened for a fact

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Re: Father shoots 15 year old son over allegations of sex abuse against child

I cant take it anymore. There are too many of these cases. I am beginning to feel something is messign with people's hormones. So sad this story.

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Re: Father shoots 15 year old son over allegations of sex abuse against child

That is so, so sad for everyone involved.

I say I would have to agree with this - and I NEVER agree with defense attorneys:

Re: Father shoots 15 year old son over allegations of sex abuse against child

WOW ! This is incredibly sad

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Re: Father shoots 15 year old son over allegations of sex abuse against child

Such a heart breaking story.

Re: Father shoots 15 year old son over allegations of sex abuse against child

This story breaks my heart on so many levels There must have been layers and layers of problems in that family.

I agree with defense, as if I were defending the father, I would ask that evidence of his reaction to the allegations against his son be admissible.

Re: Father shoots 15 year old son over allegations of sex abuse against child

This story seriously brings me to tears.

Re: Father shoots 15 year old son over allegations of sex abuse against child

That is sad on do many fronts...