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8-Year Old Charged With Murder

By Associated Press

Flagstaff, Arizona boy is charged with killing his father and another man 8-Year Old Charged With Murder

Published: Fri, November 07, 2008 - 7:59 pm Last Updated: Sat, November 08, 2008 - 11:38 am

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) - An 8-year-boy is accused of fatally
shooting his father and another man in eastern Arizona.
St. Johns Police Chief Roy Melnick says the boy is charged with
two counts of premeditated murder after the shootings Wednesday.
Killed were the boy's father, 29-year-old Vincent Romero, and
39-year-old Timothy Romans.
Melnick says police arrived at a home shortly after the shooting
and found one victim just outside the front door. The other was
found in an upstairs room.
Melnick says the boy initially denied involvement but later
confessed.
St. Johns is a community of about 4,000 people more than 150
miles northeast of Phoenix.

(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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cmb1 Says:

Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 8:18 am

PEOPLE lock your guns up…......that is what they make gun safes and cabinets for..I agree there is more to this story?

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Yankee Intellectual Says:

Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 5:10 am

Guns don’t kill people: 8 year-olds kill people. Ban 8 year-olds!

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DEW26M Says:

Sat, Nov 08, 2008 at 9:18 am

THIS is why morons should not be allowed to own a gun. I bet dad never thought it’d be used against him. I’m sure the kid will blame it on video games. I blame it on the lack of parenting!

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suzanne45 Says:

Sat, Nov 08, 2008 at 8:50 am

I was wondering the same thing. Abuse or sexual abuse came to mind first. Sounds like the kid harbored a lot of pain. It’s just not something an 8 yr old would do. really sad.

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