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Adrenolin:
Decades old Family Feud comes to an end. At least they kept it in the family and not in a restaurant, movie theater, mall or school. Never a good thing regardless.

http://www.examiner.com/article/2013-30-09-family-shootout-pennsylvania-ends-with-four-deaths?cid=sm-facebook-093013-2.00pm-familyshootout


--- Quote ---Tragedy occurred Friday evening in Asheville, a small town in central Pennsylvania, when a shootout between family members left four people slain.

Late Friday evening, John Frew (67), his wife Roberta (64) and their adult son, John Jr. (47) were sitting around the Frew's living room, when someone knocked at the door. The caller was their estranged daughter, Josephine (43) and her husband, Jeffrey Ruckinger (43).

Josephine had been on bad terms with her family for over 20 years, after a 20-year-old Josephine "and a boyfriend trashed her parents' home and stole items including a pistol, then fled to Pittsburgh." A relative explained that the Frews had had little to do with her in the intervening years.

As Roberta Frew opened the front door, Josephine opened fire with a sawed-off 12-gauge shotgun, killing her mother. The two assailants then entered the house, killing John Jr. with a shot to his chest.

Retrieving a .22 caliber revolver from a back bedroom, John Sr. entered the living room. Josephine pointed her gun at him. John Frew opened fire on the intruders, killing his daughter with a single shot to the head. Jeffrey Ruckinger was also felled by several bullets. John, Sr. remained unharmed.

The motive for this crime is currently being investigated by local authorities in the small Pennsylvania town. While the family's rocky past would seem to have played a part in the crime, police have yet to release further details.

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Moosie:
WTH is wrong with people? 

I too am glad they kept it all in the family. SMH

Moosie

seniorgeek:
Moosie, I agree.  It is hard to understand the bitterness some people have and to display it violently is inexcusable. 

poster formerly know as Silverbullet:
I just do not get people sometime. like others I am glad this did not happen out in public like at a restaurant as that would give the anti's more propaganda.

Moosie:
I'm glad it didn't happen in a restaurant or public place as well...  however if it did, I hope that a citizen carrying a concealed weapon could have put a stop to every last one of them and then had THAT all over the news. 

Moosie

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