Jason Beckman shot his dad

[Wicked Doll]

By all accounts this really does sound like an accident. There have been a lot of stories here lately about teenagers dicking around with guns and fatally shooting people as a result. What a shame.

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Jay Beckman



SOUTH MIAMI - Jay Beckman's short but passionate political career ended Sunday when he was shot to death in his modest South Miami home and his son was charged with manslaughter.

Beckman, 52, a city commissioner since 2006, was found fatally shot Sunday afternoon in his home on Southwest 65th Street.

After interviewing Beckman's son for hours, Miami-Dade homicide detectives arrested 17-year-old Jason Beckman on a charge of manslaughter with a firearm.

The son said it was an accident, according to city officials.

Lengthy article here:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/topic/sfl-south-miami-commissioner-bn041309,0,7274697.story?page=1

[Wicked Doll]

I stand corrected.



The 17-year-old arrested last month in the shooting death of his father, a South Miami commissioner, now faces a first-degree murder charge.

Jason Beckman is accused of shooting Jay Beckman to death with a shotgun in the shower on Easter Sunday.

Police originally arrested Jason Beckman on a charge of manslaughter.

Last week, a grand jury handed down the indictment on the first-degree murder charge, according to the county clerk's website.

Beckman is being held at a Miami-Dade County jail.

Jason Beckman told police he was trying to show his father that he had assembled the gun when it accidentally discharged.

In the days following the shooting, classmates at South Miami High School told The Miami Herald that Beckman has said he hated his father and often talked about killing him.

Beckman, who was diagnosed with a mild form of autism that left him largely unable to make close friends, also kept in his backpack a list of people who angered him, friends said.

The list had different levels, from kids who angered him but could easily redeem themselves.

The worst level, a classmate said, was reserved for his father.


http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/breaking-news/story/1031567.html

[Unamused Cat]

Alles klar, Herr Kommissar?