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Police were called to a home in eastern Tennessee and found a grizzly sight - three people were killed and a child was injured during a shooting spree on Saturday.

Sullivan County sheriff's spokeswoman Leslie Earhart says the alleged shooter, Robert Seth Denton, was wounded during the rampage and was taken into custody a short time later in a nearby driveway.

Two women with gunshot wounds were found in the kitchen when authorities arrived Saturday evening, he said. They were pronounced dead at the scene.

An adult male was found on the porch suffering from gunshot wounds, but he later died at a hospital.

The 19-year-old male has been charged with three counts of first degree murder, aggravated assault and felony reckless endangerment.

Darrell Grey said he was on his patio next door when the shooting began and heard a barrage of 10 to 12 gunshots and screaming.

'Everything happened so fast,' he said in a phone interview Sunday.

'It was just a barrage of `pow, pow, pow.''

Grey added that it's not unusual to hear gunshots from hunters in the rural area.

But this time we knew it was something different because it was too many shots together,' he said.

After the gunfire ended at the house, Grey said, he saw a man running down the long driveway.

Another relative of the alleged gunman caught up to him and shot him in the left shoulder during the getaway, the sheriff said.

'Somehow this other family member got down to the bottom (of the driveway) and shot him in the car while the guy was driving away,' Anderson said.

The suspect drove a short distance before stopping and asking someone to call 911, the sheriff said.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3216213/3-dead-2-injured-shooting-spree-Tennessee.html
 
Wow a shoot out between family members. What happened to the basics like talking things out or even a clean one on one fight to get rid of the anger or better yet staying away from the person if you don't like them
 
Wow a shoot out between family members. What happened to the basics like talking things out or even a clean one on one fight to get rid of the anger or better yet staying away from the person if you don't like them

I agree. As kids we had our dukem nukems. As adults we steered clear of each other. As older adults we learned to talk to each other and we're actually friends
 
Outfitted in camouflage and armed with a high-powered rifle and 100 rounds of ammunition, Robert Seth Denton fatally shot his mother, stepfather and grandmother while six children witnessed the carnage in the family's double-wide mobile home in eastern Tennessee, a sheriff said Monday.

The 19-year-old suspect then went outside, laid down his weapon and camouflage jacket and walked to a neighboring trailer, where he told his grandfather he needed to call 911, Sullivan County Sheriff Wayne Anderson said.

The grandfather, Curtis Rose, had been making repairs to the trailer, and the din of power tools drowned out the gunfire. Rose went next door and found the horrific scene. He called 911, put the children in a bathroom, grabbed a gun and went after his grandson, the sheriff said.

Climbing into a van, Rose caught up to the fleeing Denton at the end of a long driveway.

Rose fired once, wounding his grandson in the arm, Anderson said. Denton didn't go far before calling 911 to report he had been shot and to give his location, the sheriff said. Denton was taken to a hospital for treatment and then taken to jail.

Denton was charged with three counts of first-degree murder, aggravated assault and felony reckless endangerment.

Denton made his initial court appearance Monday, and attorney Lynn Dougherty was appointed to represent him. Denton's bond was set at $1 million and his next court appearance was set for Sept. 8. Dougherty did not immediately return a call Monday evening seeking comment.

Authorities were still trying to piece together what caused the teenage suspect to allegedly turn on family members. Most of the children in the trailer lost parents.

"We have gained a lot of information that he has hated his mother for most of his life," Anderson said. "He had made statements ... over the years that he wanted to kill her." He didn't offer details about the cause of the enmity. The information was based on police interviews with relatives and others who know Denton, the sheriff said.

Killed were Denton's mother, Toshya Millhorn, 39; his stepfather, James Millhorn, 36; and his grandmother, Lena Rose, 57.

Authorities found Rose and Toshya Millhorn inside the home with gunshot wounds, the sheriff's office said. Both died at the scene. James Millhorn was found near the front door with gunshot wounds, and he died later at a hospital.

The children, ages 2 to 12, were in another room but witnessed the shootings, authorities said. Investigators have interviewed two of the children.

"These kids, they saw everything that went on," Anderson said, his voice shaking with emotion. "They've got to live with that for the rest of their lives, all six of them. It was the worst horrific scene that I've seen."

Five of the children are children or stepchildren of Toshya and James Millhorn, and they are staying with family members, authorities said. The other child was visiting.

One youngster, a 7-year-old girl, was injured when a fragment struck her hip, Anderson said. The suspect did not turn the gun on her, he said.

The sheriff has described the assault as a surprise attack. Denton parked his vehicle away from the residence and made the long walk up the hilly driveway to the home, Anderson said. Denton apparently entered the trailer through a back door.

A neighbor, Darrell Grey, said he heard a barrage of 10 to 12 gunshots and screams. The rampage lasted less than a minute, he said.

"We heard somebody, they said, 'Daddy, Daddy, Daddy,'" he said.

Authorities said Monday they don't know why the suspect spared his grandfather.

"Why he didn't shoot his grandfather and went out there and told him is beyond me," the sheriff said.

Investigators had not uncovered any prior local criminal record for Denton, the sheriff said.

Authorities said the suspect had served a short stint in the Army, but didn't provide any details about his work history outside the military.

As a child, Denton had lived in the trailer where the shootings occurred, but most recently lived in a Bristol apartment, the sheriff's office said.

No charges are pending against Curtis Rose for opening fire on his grandson, the sheriff said.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/sheriff-suspect-kills-mother-step-father-grandmother-161457231.html
 
"...and found a grizzly sight..." Oh Daily Mail, really? So I guess bears were involved with this multi-murder?
 
The 19-year-old walked up the long driveway to his family's mobile home on Saturday evening armed with 100 rounds of ammunition and clad in camouflage clothing. He slipped in through the back door, and with six children looking on - most of them his siblings - he fatally shot his mother, stepfather and grandmother, police say.

"From what I've seen and heard, he just took 'em by surprise," eastern Tennessee Sherriff Wayne Anderson, told the Associated Press. "It just all happened real fast."

The teenager, Robert Seth Denton, went outside, laid down his gun and walked to the neighbouring trailer where his grandfather Curtis Rose had been doing repairs, Anderson told the AP.

Call 911," he told the older man.

Rose hadn't heard the gunfire over the noise of his power tools, so he was unprepared for the horrifying scene he found when he went to the trailer next door.

He moved the children to another room, called the police, then grabbed a pistol and ran out of the home to see Denton heading back down the driveway, investigators told local TV station WJHL.

[...]

Denton was taken to a local hospital before being arraigned in Bristol, Tennessee, according to WJHL. One of the children in the home, a seven-year-old who was injured when a fragment struck her in the hip, was also taken to hospital and is in stable condition.

Denton's mother and grandmother, Toshya Milhorn, 39, and Lena Rose, 57, died at the scene.

His stepfather, James Millhorn, 36, was flown to hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

[...]

Meanwhile, family members, neighbours and police are puzzling over what could have driven Denton allegedly to commit such violence, and worrying about how the six young witnesses - all of them under the age of 12 - will be affected.

"We have gained a lot of information that he has hated his mother for most of his life," Anderson told the AP. "He had made statements … over the years that he wanted to kill her."

Officials said that Denton had served briefly in the army and didn't seem to have any criminal record. He grew up in the trailer where he allegedly killed his relatives, but at the time of the shooting was living in an apartment in Bristol. It's not clear why he approached Rose rather than killing him as well.

"Why he didn't shoot his grandfather and went out there and told him is beyond me," Anderson added to the AP.

Heather Milhorn, the younger sister of Denton's stepfather, told WJHL that James had felt "eerie" about his 19-year-old stepson, who was open about his dislike for his mother.

"But he never really thought of something like that. Seth was his child basically," she said.

She's not angry at Denton any more, she told WJHL. "The question I have is: why? Why did he do it to them?" she said.

But Heather Milhorn worries about James and Toshya's five children and stepchildren, who were in the home and saw their parents shot.

"They lost their mom, their dad and their grandmother," she said. "They were constantly around them, so it's like pieces of them are gone … and the fact they had to watch it."

The sixth child was a visitor, according to the AP.

An emotional Anderson told the AP that the shooting was the worst he'd dealt with in his 41-year career.

"These kids, they saw everything that went on, and they've got to live with that the rest of their life, all six of them," he said. "It was the worst horrific scene that I've seen."

Darell Gray, who lives near the Milhorns, said he heard a barrage of about a dozen gunshots and the sound of screams lasting less than a minute.

Then, "We heard somebody," he told the AP. "They said, 'Daddy, Daddy, Daddy.' "
http://m.smh.com.au/world/the-worst...ily-in-front-of-six-kids-20150901-gjcy5g.html
 
We have gained a lot of information that he has hated his mother for most of his life," Anderson told the AP. "He had made statements … over the years that he wanted to kill her."
I'd love to know more about this.

Like why he hated her? Was he just a problem child or had his mother done something egregious? Not that it would excuse his behavior but it could certainly help his case.
 
He looks like another entitled, unemployable, I'm-such-a-pussy-I-have-to-use-a-gun punk who might have turned out better if he'd had his ass kicked a couple of times for being an asshole. Now he feels entitled to be an asshole, and this is what you get.

Kills people just because he's pissed off. Here's hoping he pisses somebody off while in prison and learns a lesson. Damn little cunt punk.
 
The grandfather...called 911, put the children in a bathroom, grabbed a gun and...fired once, wounding his grandson in the arm

Damn, this dude should be training police departments all across the country about stopping fuckers without killing them. Good job, Old Geezer.
 
Damn, this dude should be training police departments all across the country about stopping fuckers without killing them.
Big problem with that idea: Mr. Rose didn't stop denton.
Another relative of the alleged gunman caught up to him and shot him in the left shoulder during the getaway, the sheriff said.

'Somehow this other family member got down to the bottom (of the driveway) and shot him in the car while the guy was driving away,' Anderson said.

The suspect drove a short distance before stopping and asking someone to call 911, the sheriff said.
And again:
Rose fired once, wounding his grandson in the arm, Anderson said. Denton didn't go far before calling 911 to report he had been shot and to give his location, the sheriff said. Denton was taken to a hospital for treatment and then taken to jail.
It seems denton had accomplished what he had set out to do and was leaving. Mr. Rose's bullet didn't stop him from leaving nor did it stop him from finishing what he apparently set out to do.

--Al
 
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