Children trick-or-treating

A 12 year old boy was shot dead in Sumter, South Carolina while trick-or-treating with other members of his family on Friday. The boy’s father and brother were slightly wounded.

Police representatives said that the father and four children decided to go trick or treating to a few homes, while the mother was waiting in the car.

Seconds after they rand the doorbell of the first house, they heard gunshots and saw the boy collapse.

They immediately transported him to the hospital, but unfortunately there was nothing that could be done to save the boy’s life. His father and brother suffered light injuries.

The police have already arrested the shooter, called Quentin Patrick, aged 22. He has already been charged with murder, assault and battery, and he has already contacted an attorney.

Neighbours were all shocked by what happened, but they were not able to give any details as they did not react immediately to the gunshots, thinking it was just Halloween fireworks.

Fully Automatic Uzi Machine Gun

Never leave guns where your children might reach them! Judging from what happened yesterday, this should become one of the ten commandments of parenthood.

The Westfield Sportsman’s Club, on Furrowtown Road, witnessed the tragic death of an 8 year old boy. He accidentally shot himself in the head. The odds of him making it alive were extremely scarce, so he died at the Baystate Medical Center, in Springfield.

The Westfield police are still investigating on the circumstances of the boy’s death and whether the fully automatic Uzi machine gun was working properly.

The gun club was hosting the annual “Great New England Pumpkin Shoot”, organized by C.O.P. Firearms & Training. The boy, who was competing, apparently lost control over the machine gun when he was firing downwards and the weapon went up and caused a wound to the right side of his head.

The boy’s father was also attending the event, but he did not make any statement. The press couldn’t get any declaration from the club and the weapon group officials either, as they were nowhere to be found.

Colombia Indian Protesters Faced with the Riot Police

Southwestern Colombia is deeply troubled by protests these days; in Villarica, two Indian protest participants were fatally shot in a clash with the police. The two men were apparently shot by the police force, but they do not accept the accusations.

These protests were initiated in the second largest city of Colombia, called Cali, and they aim to obtain more land and more funds for the 1.3 million Indians living on Colombian territory.

The circumstances of the protesters’ death are still not clear; the government forces declare they had nothing to do with it, and that they were merely defending themselves from the handmade grenades the protesters were throwing at them. The crowd, of course, blames the authorities.

The country’s President, Alvaro Uribe, comes to back up the riot police officials, and says the security forces have not used lethal forces against the protesters, but the emergency room doctors working in nearby hospitals declare otherwise. They have treated both police officers and demonstrators of gunshot and shrapnel wounds.

The first demonstrations took place on the 10th of October, and until this moment, four people have been killed and almost 130 protesters and 70 security force members have suffered injuries.

Porter Ranch Town Center

In one of the most exclusive neighborhoods in Los Angeles the latest news has terrified the population. An unemployed accountant killed his whole family with gunshots- his wife, his three children and his mother in law- and then committed suicide.

The bodies of six persons, three adults and three children, have been found today in Porter Ranch, a select area of San Fernando Valley (California).

According to the Los Angeles police, the author is an unemployed financial consultant who has shot to death his 39 year old wife,  and his 7, 12 and 19 year old children and then shot himself.

The authorities have not yet revealed the identity of the victims, but they did say that they found three good-bye notes at the murder scene: one of them addressed to the Police, the second to the friends and family and a third one which is his last will and testament.

The Police attended site after one of the neighbors reported hearing gun shots next door. They declared that the 45 year old man was in deep financial problems and had bought the murder weapon last September.
Friends and family have identified the deceased as being Karthik and Subasri Rajaram.