GUNS DON'T KILL PEOPLE, OR DO THEY?

[HairOfTheDog]

Kid ended up pleading to involuntary manslaughter, and was put on probation until he was 21.

He was pissed he couldn't play Nintendo anymore with the neighbors. So he went home (just next door), went to the nightstand and got the key for the gun cabinet. Unlocked it, and took out the rifle. Went to another location and found the correct ammunition, and loaded the rifle. Went to a window, removed the screen, and adjusted the scope to the correct range. Aimed at the 7 year old riding a snowmobile in the yard next to him, tracked his aim, then pulled the trigger.

He then replaced the screen and closed the window. Hid the shell casing, replaced the rifle in the cabinet, locked it and returned the key to the nightstand.

He got caught because his parents found the rifle askew in the case, and he cut his forehead when the scope kicked back into it. He said the dog had jumped up and knocked a knife out of his hands while making a sandwich. Told the other kids in the neighborhood crying about what had happened to not think about it and they wouldn't be sad. He said that while paramedics were working on the girl in another room.

Shit, that's a high degree of premeditation, psychological manipulation, and apathy for an effiin' 9-year-old. Very adult-like criminal behavior.

Kids with that type of mentality and murderous intent are scary little bastards.


The victim ^ Jessica Carr - 7........The murderer ^ Cameron Kocher - 9.

I think Kocher should have been incarcerated in a psych facility where his education was continued and he could be counseled/monitored by psychiatric professionals for at least a year before determining if/when he was safe to be released.

I don't like to think about what such a cold, calculating, vengeful kid could do as an adult if it's simply in his nature/blood.