thehesbomb
June 20th, 2009, 12:05 PM
The whole story is very sad - not so much for the "father" but for the family that grew up in this environment.
SALLISAW, Okla. -- Sequoyah County sheriff's deputies were called to the home of 47-year-old Keith Foreman Thursday night after he was fatally shot by his daughter.
Sequoyah County Sheriff Ron Lockhart said Foreman was pronounced dead at the scene. Lockhart said the incident centers around the family's struggle with domestic violence.
The Foremans' country home is nestled in a community a few miles south of Sallisaw.
The home is where Lockhart said Foreman was abusing his wife for a number of hours.
"There was a phone cord wrapped around the mother's neck, knives pulled on her and guns pointed at her," Lockhart said.
When the couple's 22-year-old daughter arrived home, Lockhart said she knew instantly something was wrong.
"She realizes that there's been a disturbance -- furniture broke, mother crying (and) upset," Lockhart said.
According to the sheriff, the daughter's attempts to calm her angry father failed and the violence against her mother continued.
"(He) forced the mother to the ground face-first and was holding his weapon to the back of her head, forcing her to eat a sandwich that was lying on the floor and threatened to kill her," Lockhart said.
Fearing for her and her mother's life, Lockhart said the daughter went to a back bedroom, grabbed a gun and shot her father in the upper body.
Lockhart said during interviews with the mom and daughter he learned of a history of abuse.
"The mother was afraid she would be harmed if she did call police; that was one of the reasons she didn't," Lockhart said. "That's a typical domestic abuse victim. They're afraid to do anything because they've been threatened before."
The sheriff said the case now sits in the hands of the district attorney, but he said he views the act as a justifiable murder given the evidence of abuse.
http://www.4029tv.com/news/19807252/detail.html
SALLISAW, Okla. -- Sequoyah County sheriff's deputies were called to the home of 47-year-old Keith Foreman Thursday night after he was fatally shot by his daughter.
Sequoyah County Sheriff Ron Lockhart said Foreman was pronounced dead at the scene. Lockhart said the incident centers around the family's struggle with domestic violence.
The Foremans' country home is nestled in a community a few miles south of Sallisaw.
The home is where Lockhart said Foreman was abusing his wife for a number of hours.
"There was a phone cord wrapped around the mother's neck, knives pulled on her and guns pointed at her," Lockhart said.
When the couple's 22-year-old daughter arrived home, Lockhart said she knew instantly something was wrong.
"She realizes that there's been a disturbance -- furniture broke, mother crying (and) upset," Lockhart said.
According to the sheriff, the daughter's attempts to calm her angry father failed and the violence against her mother continued.
"(He) forced the mother to the ground face-first and was holding his weapon to the back of her head, forcing her to eat a sandwich that was lying on the floor and threatened to kill her," Lockhart said.
Fearing for her and her mother's life, Lockhart said the daughter went to a back bedroom, grabbed a gun and shot her father in the upper body.
Lockhart said during interviews with the mom and daughter he learned of a history of abuse.
"The mother was afraid she would be harmed if she did call police; that was one of the reasons she didn't," Lockhart said. "That's a typical domestic abuse victim. They're afraid to do anything because they've been threatened before."
The sheriff said the case now sits in the hands of the district attorney, but he said he views the act as a justifiable murder given the evidence of abuse.
http://www.4029tv.com/news/19807252/detail.html