Texas Teen Shoots Father In The Face During An Argument About His Christmas Present

Posted by | December 27, 2014 20:46 | Filed under: News Behaving Badly Politics Top Stories


A Texas father was shot in the face by his 14-year-old son after they got into an argument over his Christmas present.

According to Cameron County Sheriff Omar Lucio, the shooting happened after the father gave his teenage son a fishing pole for Christmas.

Lucio said, “The young 16-year-old was very upset because he claimed that the rest of his friends, either got a car or a pickup for Christmas. All his father provided for him was a fishing rod.”

KRGV reports:

The father struck the boy on the head with a baseball bat. A 14-year- old brother got involved and went out to the family vehicle to retrieve a shotgun that was kept in the trunk.

“The young 14-year-old boy discharged the weapon. He discharged it twice. The second time he hit his father in part of the face and part of the shoulder.”

Lucio said the father will lose his eye.

Sheriff’s deputies spotted the 14-year-old after he sped away in an open field, then struck another vehicle.

Sergeant Michael Brooks said this sort of thing could be prevented by placing a gun lock on a weapon. In a matter of seconds, the weapon is disabled.

“If the weapon can’t be fired, then it won’t be fired,” Brooks said.

In addition, Brooks suggested keeping guns unloaded and to talk to children about firearms.

“Teaching them awareness about the weapon, teaching them how it works, when to use it, how to use it, how to clean it. Be there with them, get their hands on it. That way, they lose the curiosity and don’t want to mess with it,” he said.

Oh yes, that worked out so well in this case.

According to KRGV, the 14-year-old is facing charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and evading arrest or detention with a motor vehicle.

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161 responses to Texas Teen Shoots Father In The Face During An Argument About His Christmas Present

  1. Angelo_Frank December 28th, 2014 at 11:02

    Texas? I’m surprised.

  2. Joe_the_Troll December 28th, 2014 at 10:27

    WHat kind of father hits his son in the head with a baseball bat? Why are so many people ignoring this assault with a deadly weapon? This shooting was justified.

  3. Joe_the_Troll December 28th, 2014 at 11:27

    WHat kind of father hits his son in the head with a baseball bat? Why are so many people ignoring this assault with a deadly weapon? This shooting was justified.

  4. Um Cara December 28th, 2014 at 10:35

    The father struck the boy on the head with a baseball bat.

    Seems like that should be the headline. Or maybe ‘son stops his father from beating his brother with a baseball bat’.

    I’m no gun nut, but a pretty handy use for one is to stop your abusive father from killing your brother with a baseball bat. Yes?

  5. Um Cara December 28th, 2014 at 11:35

    The father struck the boy on the head with a baseball bat.

    Seems like that should be the headline. Or maybe ‘son stops his father from beating his brother with a baseball bat’.

    I’m no gun nut, but a pretty handy use for one is to stop your abusive father from killing your brother with a baseball bat. Yes?

  6. harmonikasavingsbond December 28th, 2014 at 10:58

    Divine once upset the family Xmas tree when it was clear that she was NEVER going to get those Cha-Cha heels she was dreaming of. Same rule applies here.

  7. harmonikasavingsbond December 28th, 2014 at 11:58

    Divine once upset the family Xmas tree when it was clear that she was NEVER going to get those Cha-Cha heels she was dreaming of. Same rule applies here.

  8. Slap December 28th, 2014 at 12:32

    another republican family values commercial made!

  9. Slap December 28th, 2014 at 13:32

    another republican family values commercial made!

  10. Kyle Michel Sullivan December 28th, 2014 at 15:14

    Wait…the father hit the 16 year-old in the head with a baseball bat?!?! And that’s when the 14 year-old shot him? And the cops are charging the kid but not the father for aggravated assault? Seriously?

  11. Kyle Michel Sullivan December 28th, 2014 at 16:14

    Wait…the father hit the 16 year-old in the head with a baseball bat?!?! And that’s when the 14 year-old shot him? And the cops are charging the kid but not the father for aggravated assault? Seriously?

  12. Denise December 28th, 2014 at 17:32

    If he were my son, I’d stick it up his backside!

    • Radio_Mime December 28th, 2014 at 18:24

      Would you have been beating on his brother with a baseball bat in the first place? This seems like a really screwed up family.

      • vibez December 30th, 2014 at 17:03

        What did the brother do to get a bat to the head.

        • Radio_Mime December 30th, 2014 at 19:21

          Well, it seems the son didn’t like the present he got for Christmas and an argument started. IMO, a 16 year old being ungrateful for Christmas presents can get socks and undies for his next present. I can’t see what would possess someone to hit their kid in the head with a bat.

    • tracey marie December 28th, 2014 at 20:23

      so you believe he deserved to be hit with a baseball bat?

  13. Denise December 28th, 2014 at 18:32

    If he were my son, I’d stick it up his backside!

    • Radio_Mime December 28th, 2014 at 19:24

      Would you have been beating on his brother with a baseball bat in the first place? This seems like a really screwed up family.

      • vibez December 30th, 2014 at 18:03

        What did the brother do to get a bat to the head.

        • Radio_Mime December 30th, 2014 at 20:21

          Well, it seems the son didn’t like the present he got for Christmas and an argument started. IMO, a 16 year old being ungrateful for Christmas presents can get socks and undies for his next present. I can’t see what would possess someone to hit their kid in the head with a bat.

    • tracey marie December 28th, 2014 at 21:23

      so you believe he deserved to be hit with a baseball bat?

  14. Radio_Mime December 28th, 2014 at 18:23

    Not hitting your kids with baseball bats also helps prevent their siblings from running to get lose firearms to defend them. This family seems to be very dysfunctional.

  15. Radio_Mime December 28th, 2014 at 19:23

    Not hitting your kids with baseball bats also helps prevent their siblings from running to get lose firearms to defend them. This family seems to be very dysfunctional.

  16. tracey marie December 28th, 2014 at 20:22

    and the violent father who hit his other son with a baseball bat? Seems the young man was protecting his brother from an obviously violent and abusive father

  17. tracey marie December 28th, 2014 at 21:22

    and the violent father who hit his other son with a baseball bat? Seems the young man was protecting his brother from an obviously violent and abusive father

  18. Thomas Allyn Wilson December 29th, 2014 at 13:12

    This article completely down played the fact that the father attacked the 16 year older brother with a deadly weapon by hitting him in the head with baseball bat.The father was abusive and the younger brother felt the need to protect his older brother from further potentially deadly assault from the father. If we Liberals want to be taken seriously we need stop down playing facts to fit our agenda. The younger brother was justified, the father should be the one in jail for assault with a deadly weapon.

  19. Thomas Allyn Wilson December 29th, 2014 at 14:12

    This article completely down played the fact that the father attacked the 16 year older brother with a deadly weapon by hitting him in the head with baseball bat.The father was abusive and the younger brother felt the need to protect his older brother from further potentially deadly assault from the father. If we Liberals want to be taken seriously we need stop down playing facts to fit our agenda. The younger brother was justified, the father should be the one in jail for assault with a deadly weapon.

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