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Teacher Kills Masked Prowler, Learns It Was His Teenage Son

October 1, 2012 at 10:29 am by Morbid

NEW FAIRFIELD, CT – A popular teacher in Connecticut shot a masked prowler next door to his home only to learn he had just killed his teenage son.

Sometime around 1 a.m. Thursday, Jeffrey Giuliano got a call from his sister, who lives next door, informing him that she thought someone was trying to break into her home.

Armed with a handgun, Giuliano walked over to investigate and encountered someone in his sister’s driveway wearing a ski mask and brandishing a knife. Giuliano shot and killed the masked suspect when they made a move towards him.

When police arrived at the scene, they found Giuliano sitting in the grass and the suspect’s dead body lying sprawled in the driveway. Police lifted up the mask and revealed the suspect to be Giuliano’s 15-year-old son, Tyler Giuliano. Early reports stated Giuliano had removed the mask and realized he had shot his son before police arrived, but those reports turned out to be incorrect.

“He didn’t know it was his son. … We made the identification.” State Police spokesman Lt. J. Paul Vance said. He said Jeffrey Giuliano had not removed the teenager’s mask, and that he did not know he had killed his son until paramedics arrived to take Tyler’s body away.

Tyler was a student at New Fairfield High School and a Civil Air Patrol cadet. From all accounts, he was an easygoing kid and somewhat shy. Police say that Tyler, who Giuliano had adopted a few years prior, has never been trouble with the law before.

There are a lot of questions surrounding the shooting, mainly everyone wondering what the hell Tyler was doing on his Aunt’s property dressed in all black and carrying a knife. The last anyone had heard from him was around 10 p.m. the previous night while playing Minecraft online with a friend. However, Tyler’s cousin allegedly told someone that Tyler wasn’t going to burglarize his aunt’s house, but that Tyler was upset about a fight he had with his aunt earlier that night.

While I wouldn’t put much stock into what teens post on social media related websites, Tyler’s status updates on Lifestream reportedly took on a melancholy tone that contradicted the “huggable, lovable” Tyler his friends describe. I tried to locate his account to see for myself, but gave up after about 5 minutes.

So far no charges have been filed, but State police are still investigating.

Tags: Connecticut, Shooting, teen, Tyler Giuliano

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Sam

As sad as the situation is – i am still left feeling a little relieved. I can’t think of any legitimate reason why anybody would dress all in black and go visiting somebody they’ve just had a fight with brandishing a knife at 1 in the morning. I can’t help but wonder if the headline might have read more along the lines of “teenager kills aunt” if the father hadn’t succeeded in stopping him that night. Although i’m sure the father is going to always wish he’d stopped him in a less lethal way.
Abiser

I think the kid was just trying to sneek a peek at some hot ass. As for the knife…i have no comment on that
OutOfBubbleGum

All the dad needed was a baseball bat. A gun is overkill.
Sam

It’s hard to judge what will and will not be overkill when you don’t know what you’re going up against.
Mrs. Beasley

In hindsite it was overkill. At the time however, he didn’t know who he was going to encounter breaking in. If he had shown up with a bat and it was a man with a gun, well, I’m not sure I’d be willing to take that chance either.
JohnQknowitall

Wow… sounds like whatever happened he was either going to lose a son or sister that night. Pure tragedy. Poor guy…
JGo555

I sincerly hope it was all a mistake and that he really didn’t know he was killing his son.
JGo555

Ain’t it stupid to bring a bat to a knife fight?
EveryVillainIsLemons

Armed with a handgun, Giuliano walked over to investigate and encountered someone in his sister’s driveway wearing a ski mask and brandishing a knife. Giuliano shot and killed the masked suspect when they made a move towards him.

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Tyler’s cousin allegedly told someone that Tyler wasn’t going to burglarize his aunt’s house, but that Tyler was upset about a fight he had with his aunt earlier that night.

Either he was planning on harming his aunt, or he had the munchies and was planning on slicing up whatever she had in her fridge to make a sandwich.
Abroad

“Police say that Tyler, who Giuliano had adopted a few years prior, has never been trouble with the law before.”

One cannot really say Tyler is in trouble with the law now, either. He might have been, had he lived.
Heather4877

It’s probably hard to get your aunt to show you some hot ass without brandishing some sort of “motivation”
Athena

A bat is generally not a good self-defense tool. It’s better than nothing sometimes, but often, the bat is ripped away from the one wielding it and gets used against them. Unless I could judge my opponent’s size prior to engaging with them, a bat would not be my choice.

A good defense tool that many people already have laying around in their garage is a large wrench, open on one end and closed on the other. Tie a loop of twine or leather or something through the closed end that you can then loop around your wrist so it cannot be taken away easily (ladies, I’m lookin’ at you). Choosing a substantial size (in the 1 1/4″ realm) will give you some distance, a whole lot of speed and the ability to crack a skull.
Snickering x Hydra

I could be way off, but it’s possible that he was trying to scare his aunt as retaliation for the disagreement they had earlier. It’s a little hackneyed, but doesn’t the evil rapist usually arrive clad in black and wielding a knife?

Altogether a bad, bad plan. If it didn’t end the way it did, It probably would have been worse for the aunt.
Transducer

I’ll shoot ANYONE wearing a ski mask and carrying a knife because he RUSHED at me Ossifer!
Transducer

He should have worn his Spiderman suit.
RachelAnnPrince

lmao i thought I was the only one who said “Ossifer”
RachelAnnPrince

tragic but it seems something bad was gonna happen that night despite the fact that Dad shot his son. He may have prevented an even more heinous offense.
nowitzki41

Think it’s apparent he didn’t know.
nowitzki41

I’d bring a gun every time while dealing with this type of situation. This is a freak, once in a hundred lifetimes chance. Honestly, masked intruder with a knife and you don’t want a gun?
Stormblast

I just inherited some cast iron skillets, including some little 4 or 5 inch ones. Will a little cast iron skillet do?
http://www.facebook.com/naomi.luciano.18 Naomi Luciano

I hope his plan was to just scare her…but i wouldnt be surprised if he really was trying to hurt her…just sayin teens who are usually quiet and shy at some point or another get mad for whatever reason and suddenly lose it….either way bad idea
http://www.facebook.com/HamsterNinjaofDOOM Alecia Hendricks

I never would have thought of that, thanks.
Transducer

Well…shit fire and save matches!
Transducer

Some old geezer just got eaten by his pigs! It better be a DD story today.
lyssdexia

@Transducer:disqus – It is already a story in the forum. : )
come_and_see

I want to live in his state because in Massachusetts you can’t even shoot people in your home in self defense.
http://www.facebook.com/Leashaness Alicia Lynee’

The way I see it, one less psycho in the world. Glad the aunt is okay.
Andyman

Sounds like a case of shoot first and as questions later..
newstarshipsmell

Can’t help but wonder if the next words out of the kid’s mouth would’ve been “it’s me, Dad.”
daniel imbellino

This kid was obviously seriously mentally disturbed! Typical 15 year olds don’t just go out in the night to murder their family members who live next door. Obviously his intent was to kill her, why else would he be wielding a knife? Another clue to his being a sociopath was how kind, cool, and calm, that people referred to him as being. Its not unusual for sociopaths to appear normal, but then become violent without cause.
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_XA4RDSRSUX3XRSCPRR7XNGSPUQ Joshua

Depends on how far south of the mason dixon line you are I imagine
deadskinmask213

Sounds like a raping was in her near future. I guess there is a return policy on defective adopted kids.
Heather_Habilatory

Hmmmmm. Let this be a lesson: sneaking around in the dark with a ski mask and knife makes you look all suspicious like. People might shoot you. People like your own dad.