ANOTHER SCHOOL/PUBLIC SHOOTING

[HairOfTheDog]

The latest update on the Arizona high school murder/suicide has a lot of new information about the crime scene and the murderer, including witness statements describing the aftermath. Pretty haunting. The murderer's words and mindset seem way older than that of a15-year-old, to me. They leave no doubt that this was a calculated intimate partner homicide, "I can't live without her, so I'm going to kill her and myself". http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/glen...rt-8100558

The charge against the teen boy who provided the gun "will be submitted upon completion of reports and examination of all evidence", the police statement says. Jerry Cobb, spokesman for County Attorney Bill Montgomery, says he can't comment on the potential of charging the boy yet. In general, he says the office would take the wishes of a victim's family into consideration, though without necessarily giving a family "veto power" over a charging decision. Another possibility is that the investigation could expand to include the boy's parents or guardians. http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/glen...ed-8092217

I don't know whether the murdered girl's family holds the parents responsible for their son's actions. I haven't seen any indication as to whether they're pushing police to pursue his parents instead of the boy and/or whether they're planning to file a civil suit against his parents as sometimes happens in these types of cases.