Where were the parents?

[CT-Mike]

http://www.mydesert.com/apps/pbcs.dl...S0801/71101012

A juvenile was shot and killed while attempting to burglarize a Yucca Valley home Wednesday evening, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department.

The incident happened about 6:30 p.m. in the 2800 block of Longview Avenue when the teenager and another juvenile tried to break into a home.

A third suspect, 18-year-old Duncan Nicholson, waited outside in a getaway vehicle, according to the sheriff's department.

An investigation determined the homeowner pulled out a gun when he heard somone knocking at his door. He armed himself because his home was robbed several times in the past month.

The juvenile and two suspects are suspected of committing the burglaries, according to the sheriff's department.

The homeowner fired his gun when the two juveniles forced their way into the home, killing one of them and hitting the second suspect in his arm.

The two remaining suspects fled the scene, but later returned with the juvenile's father.

The younger suspect was booked into a local juvenile hall and Nicholson was taken to the Morongo Basin Jail, both on murder charges.

Anyone with information may call investigators at 909-387-3589.

[DefensiveCarry.com]

[farronwolf]

Looks like the parents, or at least one father was probalby at home when the scared punks came running home saying dad, dad, Johnny got shot when we were breaking in a house.

OOPS.

[Betty]

*Sigh.*

My husband works with kids and sees firsthand what broken families can do. There's one mother with multiple children who have all different dads.

Most of these kids are neglected and abused and end up being raised by the TV and by the streets. When they start getting screwed up young, it's hard to fix it. One mother even deliberately and repeatedly sabotoged her own son from going out with my husband to fill out job applications.

And then this kind of crap happens, and the parents are like, "Wha? Mah boy's a good boy (though I have no idea where he was the past 24 hours and I don't know who the daddy is)."

[Mtbiker]

The two remaining suspects fled the scene, but later returned with the juvenile's father.

Glad to see the father making the son take responsibility for his actions.

[1911packer]

Another child-killed-by-a-gun stat for the Brady Bunch.

[retsupt99]

Two out of four isn't bad...

[Janq]

Glad to see the father making the son take responsibility for his actions.

Too little too late.

The boys buddy is dead, another shot in the arm, a citizen harassed in his own home and likely to be harassed further by a DA if not his neighbors for killing, albeit justifiable, of a child and daddys boy himself will be seeing prison time.

Too little too late.

- Janq

[Dan M.]

Did it say anything about broken families? Some kids just make stupid choices even with the best parents.

[sisco]

Did it say anything about broken families? Some kids just make stupid choices even with the best parents.

My parents were the best parents in the world, but when I was that age I did some pretty stupid things. I consider myself and my wife good parents. Not bragging, but our kids friends have even told them so.
Even so, both mine have pulled some pretty bone-head moves. Nothing that serious but bone-head none the less.

[Thumper]

I know from experience that some really great parents have some really rotten kids! It's not always lack of supervision or poor parenting. What a tragedy.