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https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ellievhall/13-year-old-cops-robbers-brother-shot-kill-dads-gun
A 13-year-old boy in Pennsylvania will be tried as an adult for fatally shooting his 9-year-old brother in the head, according to online court dockets.
Brayden Leroy Wright of Waynesboro was charged Wednesday with first-degree criminal homicide and second-degree aggravated assault. He was denied bail.
According to a state police arrest affidavit obtained by the Patriot-News, Brayden shot his brother as they were playing cops and robbers at approximately 6:00 a.m. on Wednesday.
The 13-year-old told arresting officer Erica Polcha that he retrieved one of the two loaded 9mm handguns that their father kept in the living room couch to use during the game. The boys' father, Mark Snyder, later told police that he kept the guns loaded and unsecured "for home protection."
Polcha said that Brayden told her he became angry when his brother "was not complying with his commands" in the game. Brayden then reportedly put the muzzle of the gun to the back of his sibling's head as he lay on the couch watching YouTube videos.
When playing cop becomes a little too real. We can't forget that COVID isn't the only thing mercilessly killing Americans.
Lars39
(26,119 posts)spanone
(135,950 posts)RKP5637
(67,112 posts)TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)3catwoman3
(24,133 posts)He kept the guns in the couch?! Jesus H!
Moostache
(9,897 posts)Loaded unsecured weapons and a son that somewhere, somehow learned the ins and outs of gangland assassinations by shooting someone at point blank range in the back of the head?
That sick motherfucking excuse for a father is the one who should be on trial for contributing to the delinquency, aiding and abetting murder one and child abuse.
angrychair
(8,758 posts)Can be learned on any episode of Cops.
angrychair
(8,758 posts)A child is charged as an "adult" for using his father's unsecured and loaded handgun, while playing, but no actual adults were charged with any crimes?
This is completely insane.
IronLionZion
(45,667 posts)serious question. Since the local prosecutor there would stupid not to charge the dumbass parents with something
xmas74
(29,682 posts)I'd think a delinquency charge could be thrown in there, depending on the gun laws in that state. I'd like to hope for accomplice but that won't happen.
riversedge
(70,464 posts)unblock
(52,503 posts)IronLionZion
(45,667 posts)TDale313
(7,820 posts)I mean, yes, the child is clearly dangerous and needs to be separated from society. Im not in favor of trying children as adults, but this was intentional and he was certainly old enough to understand that what he was doing was wrong and what pulling that trigger meant. Id much rather see him get mental health treatment. But seriously, the father bears some responsibility as well. Keeping an unsecured, loaded gun in the house with kids is criminal negligence.
mike_c
(36,281 posts)...I belong to several woodworking groups on Facebook and a common topic is building furniture that incorporates secret gun stashes where weapons can be hidden but immediately accessible. No way to secure the weapons, like a gun safe-- the goal is to keep them unsecured but hidden, instantly ready for "home defense." Coffee tables with tops that lift to reveal hidden compartments and hollow wall shelves are popular variations.
Crunchy Frog
(26,719 posts)They're just using the kid as a scapegoat for the consequences of an adult's gun negligence.
USALiberal
(10,877 posts)The 13-year-old told arresting officer Erica Polcha that he retrieved one of the two loaded 9mm handguns that their father kept in the living room couch to use during the game. The boys' father, Mark Snyder, later told police that he kept the guns loaded and unsecured "for home protection."
Polcha said that Brayden told her he became angry when his brother "was not complying with his commands" in the game. Brayden then reportedly put the muzzle of the gun to the back of his sibling's head as he lay on the couch watching YouTube videos.
According to the affidavit, Brayden told police that he was aware the gun was loaded when he pointed it at his brother's head and pulled the trigger. The bullet, investigators said, went through the 9-year-old boy's skull and out the other side of his head.
2naSalit
(86,963 posts)yikes.
JI7
(89,289 posts)get into a fight with each other like many brothers do . It could be really bad but instant death would be less likely .
BannonsLiver
(16,548 posts)I say arrest the father and lock him up but this kid probably shouldnt be allowed to live outside a mental institution ever again either.
Sugarcoated
(7,739 posts)It's the gun nut PARENTS who should be held responsible....WTF?
Phoenix61
(17,027 posts)lapfog_1
(29,243 posts)aptitude test for entering the local police academy
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,930 posts)And of course, decent countries don't have people keeping guns loaded and unsecured.
The father is the one who should be tried.
JI7
(89,289 posts)stopdiggin
(11,415 posts)said with some confidence, without knowing a great deal of detail. the barest sketch provides more than enough ...
Xolodno
(6,412 posts)...being tried as an adult was the rarest of occasions, usually for extraneous and hideous crimes, like murdering your whole family in cold blood...including your three year old sister? And usually the person in question was at least 17?
But now, getting a kid tried as an adult is a Resume builder for any aspiring prosecutor. What a sick society we have become.
winstars
(4,220 posts)Scary.
Skittles
(153,311 posts)a 13 yr old IS A CHILD
dansolo
(5,376 posts)What I'd like to know is why the two kids were home alone at 6 in the morning. And the whole "cops and robbers" thing is a stupid thing to fixate on, because it sounds like the brother wasn't even playing with him. He just grabbed the gun and shot his brother because he wouldn't play with him. Then he hid the gun and called 911 and said that his brother was hurt in a fall. The kid sounds like a psychopath.
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,522 posts)At 13 and 9? Absent other issues, I don't see a problem.
lunasun
(21,646 posts)he shot him ?
Wonder what his daddy has been saying while on the couch watching some of the protests and events on TV lately , if he ever pulled the gun from the couch to make a point he would have shot them all or something