Do they live together?
No, I don't think they lived together. I believe he lives somewhere nearby.
Do they live together?
I tend to believe that this was not planned but a spur of the moment impulsive bad decision. Mostly because it seems such a stupid thing to plan. In broad daylight, in an urban area with people about, two undisguised and identifiable kids, a witness who can identify them, perhaps other witnesses, the getaway method by running away... It just screams we want to get caught.
If someone thought that this was a good way to target someone they are the king of stupid in addition to being evil.
I have avoided posting or participating in conversation regarding the parents of Antonio because of fear of inviting refreshed speculation about them and I am not trying to further that business.
As to my thoughts on your question, I find that sad and confusing because I thought he was the person who suggested she get out of the house more and take a walk? Maybe I am mistaken or have this case confused with another.
What I will say is that it is important for everyone to remember that these parents were separated before this event. they were not a couple anymore. They were co parents. Feeling anger towards the other parent or assigning blame upon the death of a child is not at all uncommon. This happened on your watch, why did you do this, why didn't you do this, etc.
Just look at statistics of divorce in couples after the death of a child. It is very hard on a relationship that is pretty good before the death. Now apply that thinking to a couple who are already apart.
I feel very sad for both of these parents as they grieve the loss of their son. I would not be comfortable assigning too much to dad's words right now. He is a man who's lost his son. She is a woman who has lost hers.
They will both be in my prayers.
I don't believe her first son's death has anything to do with any supposed actuions against drug dealers.
"The boy who stabbed Shaun Glassey acted in self-defense, police found, and will not be charged. Glassey and four juvenile companions, who were not named because of their ages, lured the unarmed 17-year-old via text message to a location on Lawnton Avenue, where they planned their attack, according to the Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office. "
http://www.courierpostonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080313/NEWS01/80313044&nclick_check=1
Ah...I didn't know that they were not a couple anymore. I saw a picture of them in an apartment and it looked like he was consoling her and I just assumed they were still together living under the same roof. Makes more sense now why he would say the things he said.
With multiple shots fired, that kind of goes beyond "spur of the moment impulsive bad decision."
No, why would it be? The motive was robbery, not race, gender or sexuality.
Do they live together?
Perhaps it was an understatement and you can rephrase it better but my point is that most people who actually hatch a plan to target someone would give a thought or two to things that might help them not to get caught as soon as they blink. This seems like a random chaotic crime to me more than anything that came from advance premeditation and planning (I know that legally you can be said to have premeditated if you take a second or two between shots and should have realized it will kill but that's not the kind of premeditation I mean.)
Despite the conflicting stories, police have charged 17-year-old De'Marquise Elkins with murder, along with a 14-year-old suspect whose name has been withheld because he's a juvenile.
Brunswick police spokesman Todd Rhodes said even though Elkins' aunt provided an alibi, authorities have good reason to bring the charges.
"That's what she's saying, but the evidence we're looking at says something else," Rhodes said, though he would not elaborate.
Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/03/23/3302377/police-arrest-2-teens-in-ga-baby.html#storylink=cpy
I think along with mom picking him out of a line up, the police are certain they have the right people in custody.
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I agree with you, Donjeta. If this was a planned attack, it was poorly planned by the perps indeed. Broad daylight, leaving at least one (possibly a neighbor too?) eyewitness, etc. Those two were caught really quickly.
Of course being so young, maybe they just are bad at planning...