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Police Fatally Shoot Woman After She Stabbed Her Grandson To Death

August 6, 2012 at 8:34 am by imonfireDAMMIT

Buffalo, NY — A grandmother was shot to death by police after she stabbed her young grandson to death outside her home.

A scene of unimaginable horror is what two Buffalo police officers encountered when they were flagged down and brought to the front porch of a home. There they found 22-year-old Tiffany Fears performing CPR on her 4-year-old son, Roderick Geiger III, who was bleeding to death after having been stabbed in the stomach and chest by his grandmother.

While the officers began working on the boy they were charged by the child’s 38-year-old-grandmother, Charlene Fears, who was armed with two large knives. She ignored repeated demands to drop the knives and, fearing for their safety, was subsequently shot and killed by one of the officers.

Roderick was rushed to Women and Children’s Hospital, but later died. Charlene’s two other children, who were in the home at the time of the stabbing, were not harmed. The officer who shot Charlene, a 25-year veteran, is not being named and the case is being investigated by the homicide squad and internal affairs.

Neighbors are stunned and disturbed that the horrific crime happened right in their neighborhood. Neighbor Ebony White said, “I never think somebody would do that to an innocent little kid, ya know, there’s nothing a little kid can make you do that would make you go that far.”

No motive was mentioned in any of the news sources but friends say Charlene has been struggling with mental illness. Recently police were called to conduct a welfare check on her because of a disturbing message she left for her sister. Police would find Charlene near some railroad tracks and take her to the hospital.

While some neighbors describe Charlene as kind and generous, others say she had a temper and got into disputes. Charlene’s criminal history shows past charges for harassment and she was regularly in Housing Court. But nothing that would lead anyone to believe she would be capable stabbing her own grandson to death.

Tags: Charlene Fears, Child Murder, criome, grandmother, mental illness, Murder, New York, Roderick Geiger, Stabbing

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OutOfBubbleGum

For the love of pete, someone revise the Dyslexia Grandmother’s Guide to read:

“Use knike to cut cake
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Give to grandchild.”
OutOfBubbleGum

In a case like this, would you use the same funeral home?
CT

Well, this personally puts a lot of stuff into perspective. I get annoyed because my Granny will never STFU. Guess I will try harder to listen to her “when I was a kid and walked to school 10 miles” stories and be thankful she doesn’t get out the Ginsu.
guillotinegirl

In this photo, Charlene is shown clutching her latest taxidermy project.
Sam

This GRANDmother is the same age as me, and has (had) GRANDkids of similar age to my two kids. The mind boggles.
AssWho?

Can’t even begin to fathom the amount of loss grieve and anger. What a sad world we share……
Spifftastic

16 and pregnant is the way to go, get with the times already!
tinalib13

Interesting question. Let’s hope not.
Sam

And, apparantly, also 18 and pregnant. As well as 20 and pregnant. Whilst still living in your mom’s house.
tinalib13

This cunt deserved what she got. And yes, I said cunt cause that’s what she is. How horrible. Rip little man. Hopefully the other kids didn’t actually see it happen. They’re going ot need a LOT of therapy either way I guess.
tinalib13

Ha! My Grammy is the same way. When she is talking I just keep shaking my head and smiling.
CT

My Grandmother is 93 and she isn’t as bonkers as this “Grandmother”.
CT

I don’t know if you were joking but your comment made me laugh very hard.
Valerie

Ugh, I hate that show. I was pregnant at 16 and it was hard as hell to finish school. It’s not easy to parent at that age if you do it right. I never went out, except for ONE time for two hours and I got a job after he was born and paid my own bills. Sometimes, I do wonder what it would have been like to have those years to myself, but I don’t regret my son. He is 11 years old now.
Sam

Right? What’s with the IA investigation? Seems like an open and shut case to me.
tinalib13

And it’s a total waste of time and money.
JGo555

If she was right out in broad daylight in front of people doing this, there was M.I. for sure. Most of the abusive child beating assholes (like the ones in the story after this one) usually wait behind closed doors to do it since they know it’s wrong.
Spifftastic

I’ve been out of school for a long time and STILL can’t imagine dealing with the responsibility, good for you for womaning up! I can’t handle some of the whining on that show as if their kids chose to be born at a bad time.
http://twitter.com/Bigcced Cedric

First off – I am very sorry to hear about yet another child having been murdered;now that I have stated that let me add that I really wish the news people would stop putting any and everyone in front of the camera.The one lady they interviewed stated that she has more than 30 grandchildren – how is this even possible ?
http://twitter.com/Bigcced Cedric

Sounds like you did an excellent job – congrats.
http://twitter.com/Bigcced Cedric

Seems like they usually do … this doesn’t really matter as the crazy person is one of the guest of honor.
http://twitter.com/Bigcced Cedric

I doubt they will “share” a funeral though – that would be in bad taste.
http://twitter.com/Bigcced Cedric

So many people running around free who are in need of mental help,know they need help and are unable to get help because the government does not want to pay for the treatment.It really is a sad ass world that we live in.
http://twitter.com/Bigcced Cedric

This is necessary due to the fact that what looks like ” an open and shut case” is not always ” an open and shut case”The rules for things like this type of IA Investigation were put into place because without them you,or someone you love my end up being ” an open and shut case” – when in fact you shouldn’t have been.
http://twitter.com/Bigcced Cedric

Man the rat the lady in the above pic is holding is huge …
JohnQknowitall

These things come fast from out of the blue. When I was a child, a woman who lived across the street from my families house suddenly rushed across the street and was going to kill my ‘devil possessed’ toddler sister. I wasn’t home, but my equally young brother saw the woman screaming toward our house and yelled, “Mommy, Mommy!” My mother rushed out of the house grabbed my two siblings just as the woman was entering the yard. With the kids in her arms she rushed back inside and locked the doors. Neighbors must have heard what happened because the police arrived quickly. The woman was hospitalized. Later she sent an apology letter and shortly afterward her family moved from the neighborhood. Those were good people, but what could have happened might have happened to my family too. Just out of the blue.
JohnQknowitall

All I ever got was that people were not as “dirty” as they are now.
DixieNightmares

The neighbor’s name is Ebony White? “Ebonyyyy and IIIIvorryyyyy… live together in perfect harmonyyyy… right next door to the mentally ill ladyyyy… who carved up her little grandbabyyy…”
http://twitter.com/Bigcced Cedric

I never knew Buffalo, NY was so … so … hood – till I watched that video.
Eliza Berntsen

Maybe she is one of those crazy cat ladies who considers her cats to be her “babies” and those baby babies are her “grandbabies”?
TheDevilsInTheDetails

I hope to God that this poor child’s mother and siblings get proper counseling to learn how to deal with this…otherwise, we could be seeing their names in one of these stories before too long. It’s bad enough to just have this happen in their family, but my God, what a thing to have to witness. Your own mother/grandmother…. I don’t even know if there’s enough counseling in the world that can help them deal with that.
tinalib13

I hear what you’re saying, but I get so pissed when people hurt defenseless children. Besides I am feeling surly today, so I’m extra feisty. Maybe I should be calling her family nasty ass names instead for not getting her the help she obviously needed.
tinalib13

Why would someone down vote your heartfelt comment. Just reinforces your last sentences.
The_Yeti_Knows

Internal affairs…. professional standards…. same thing…. Joe public needs to be assured coppers don’t just open fire willy nilly…… who the hell is this willy nilly dude though anyway?
The_Yeti_Knows

Try nodding, grinning and mumbling…. works every time some dummy comes to my door selling some stupid stolen laptop or something……. now if he had a couple handfuls of vicodin or something, that would bring in the sheaves.
The_Yeti_Knows

Up ….^^… for creative use of see you next tuesday.
The_Yeti_Knows

I sent Stevie Wonder an email asking him to consider the new lyrics…………… he hasn’t read it.
tinalib13

Love to you baby! <3
The_Yeti_Knows

10 miles uphill on broken glass while flaming Navaho arrows part her nosehairs. Hell I don’t blame her for wearing your ribcage like a hat for ignoring that.
tinalib13

Shit, I’d bring in your sheaves for some vicodin.
The_Yeti_Knows

Granny would fit nicely in the swamp drain if it was up to me.
The_Yeti_Knows

Maybe the devil can suggest some food cake instead, might be a suitable temporary fix.
The_Yeti_Knows

I was always surprised how many teachers take bribes, or was it blackmail? Either way? My PHD was worth every cent ( picture ) ( bloodtest ) just kidding….. it was Monica’s blue dress…
takurospirit

People I went to high school with have 18 year olds right now. I think that is insane. I just had my two babies (now in their toddler-hoods) in my mid-thirties. If I’d had them as a teen I’d most likely have been featured on sites such as this one – if they existed back in ancient times.
Edward Richtofen

was granny snorting bath salts?
DEADfairie

Oh my gosh. I choked on my spit laughing at this…now I feel kinda bad. :/
Valerie

Well, thanks. It was hard, and I don’t suggest anyone try it.
Valerie

Thank you, I was still an immature little kid, I realize that now that i have actually grown up. Yes, I made the right decisions, but I was still a kid. Having a baby will never make anyone grow up, and that mindset is the undoing of a lot of teen girls. Popping a kid out of your vag does not make you mentally or emotionally mature.
onlyme356

A 38 year old grandmother hasn’t exactly earned the title, especially not her. Burn in hell insane bitch, you should have taken your own life when you were by those tracks.

RIP Roderick Geiger III…
Tatum Boyle

Your grandmother wasn’t a grandmother at 34!!!
http://twitter.com/jbe112995 Josie

First time posting, but long time viewer of this site. Grandmother at 34? Wow! And there are those of us,like myself, who can’t have kids and are sad about it. But, still think the Walmart lady who cut her baby’s arms off and got fired when the news told Walmart about her conviction is crazy. My Grandmas’ died when I was young, so don’t remember talk about walking 10 miles 2 school & 1 grew up in Iowa.