Texas man shoots, kills 3-year-old stepson as boy jumped on bed
Source: Syracuse.com
A Texas man shot and killed his 3-year-old stepson this week while trying to stop the boy from jumping on a bed, according to the Dallas Morning News. George Coty Wayman, 18, of Bellevue, was charged with capital murder and criminal trespass.
Police were called Tuesday to a trailer in an area about 80 miles northwest of Fort Worth, the News said.
Witnesses first told police that the boy, Dominic Tra'Juan Castro, was jumping on the bed and accidentally caused a gun to fire, according to the News. Wayman was charged after evidence didn't match witness statements.
Witnesses later admitted that Wayman pointed the gun at the boy and told him that he'd shoot him if he didn't stop jumping on the bed, according to the Washington Post.
Read more: http://www.syracuse.com/us-news/index.ssf/2016/05/3_year_old_stepson_shot.html
Thank goodness the family had a gun to keep them safe!
Geronimoe
(1,539 posts)He could have stood his ground.
niyad
(113,474 posts)PJMcK
(22,038 posts)You piqued my interest, niyad, so I went to the comments section of the article. While many of the opinions expressed mirror those on this thread, some were rude and heartless; a child was killed! Several comments had been removed so they could have been even uglier.
In any event, this one stood out:
"Only in America do responsible gun owners discipline kids by executing them."
niyad
(113,474 posts)Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)Obama engineered this whole thing through mind control so he'd have the justification to grab guns??
Benitos
(31 posts)Rot in jail.
Hayduke Bomgarte
(1,965 posts)I guess that'll teach him.
I don't believe in the death penalty, but jackasses like this make it extremely hard to maintain that position.
BuelahWitch
(9,083 posts)I don't know what attracts women to that kind of man. Even when I was young, a guy like that made me run far, far away.
Hayduke Bomgarte
(1,965 posts)I've run across people like that and learned many times, later on, that they've done something horrible. One guy, from years ago, was the main suspect in a rape and murder and was himself later murdered.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Pointing a gun at three year old is not a good idea, according to most parenting and child development experts. They don't fully understand what a gun is capable of doing. When they are around five and definitely seven, then they appreciate and respond more appropriately to the use of firearms as aids to discipline.
ejbr
(5,856 posts)I always thought this was a grey area. It truly is so much easier to pick up a gun and shoot a child than pick him up and hug him.
And the rest of the world wonders how we got Trump. It appears our genes are now mixed with 3 parts stupidity and 5 parts evil.
LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)old possibly understand what such a threat meant? But then, the perp is an 18 year old moron who shouldn't own a cockroach much less be a stepfather to a young child.
SoCalMusicLover
(3,194 posts)The next time I want to point a gun at a child, I'll make sure they're at least "around five" and perhaps seven, before doing so.
BuelahWitch
(9,083 posts)Grown2Hate
(2,013 posts)...but then I saw the picture of the child and a CHILL ran down my spine. Evil mother fucker...
Vogon_Glory
(9,124 posts)There was an old British doggerel that has fallen out of favor but could still save lives if taken to heart:
Never, ever let your gun / Pointed be at anyone. / That it may not loaded be / Matters not the least to me.
I fear that many gun-huggers would see circulating this old verse as a threat to their "right" to bear arms.
Akicita
(1,196 posts)Botany
(70,539 posts)Very few countries in the world have the level of gun violence that America has.
BTW I hope that the good people from the NRA get to Bellevue, TX and are able
to protect that precious gun.
Dominic Tra'Juan Castro
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)Akicita
(1,196 posts)Akicita
(1,196 posts)pablo_marmol
(2,375 posts)Because an individual who made a ridiculous broad-brush claim was able to come up with ONE example? Seriously?
atreides1
(16,084 posts)...it's a good bet there are others! Someone is buying weapons used in crimes, and law enforcement are the arms dealers!
It seems that Texas, Arizona, Montana, North Dakota, Kansas, Tennessee, Michigan, West Virginia, Louisiana, North Carolina and Georgia, have laws that require law enforcement agencies sell firearms used for criminal activity, instead of destroying them!
" But in some states, the law now only allows police departments to destroy nonworking, unsafe or illegal guns or, in some cases, those used in violent crimes. Meanwhile, some states allow police departments to donate seized weapons to other government agencies or retain them for their own use. "
http://www.thegazette.com/2013/04/28/some-guns-used-in-iowa-crimes-sold-back-to-the-public
http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2015/12/dean-weingarten/kansas-gun-law-pays-off-wichita-pd-schedules-confiscated-gun-auction/
http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/news/story/2011/aug/14/tennessee-law-could-lead-police-selling-firearms-s/56409/
http://nccriminallaw.sog.unc.edu/new-law-regarding-disposal-of-seized-guns/
http://money.cnn.com/2015/10/21/news/police-selling-seized-guns/
pablo_marmol
(2,375 posts)Done here.
Jim__
(14,080 posts)Coventina
(27,140 posts)Too many parents make idle threats and don't follow through, so kids learn not to listen.
Any other kids in the household will know Dad means business!!!
Manifestor_of_Light
(21,046 posts)Matthew 15:4 and others:
For God commanded, Honor your father and your mother, and, Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die.
Yes, it says DIE.
LittleGirl
(8,287 posts)OMG, he's still a baby and he's a step father too? WTF!
I hope he spends the rest of his life in prison. idiot.
Botany
(70,539 posts)LittleGirl
(8,287 posts)that made me make the comment. is that a tattoo? wtf?
Person 2713
(3,263 posts)Don't ask why though ...so everybody knows his name?
rurallib
(62,432 posts)His parents must have really fucked him up when they reared him. Kind of wonder what that story is.
snooper2
(30,151 posts)I guess he will find out how "hard" he is in prison...
Fairgo
(1,571 posts)What? did you run out of paper? Get bored and start doodling on your face? Whose Wayman? Are you really a christian? If every picture tells a story, yours should be posted above a urinal.
perdita9
(1,144 posts)This idiot in Texas doesn't meet either of those qualifications and his 3 year old son paid the price for it.
christx30
(6,241 posts)the gun at the kid. It's a wonder the mom stayed with such a dangerous, highly unstable individual.
If I so much as threw a chair out of anger, my wife would take the kids and be out of there so fast there would be flaming tire tracks in the driveway. And I wouldn't blame her one bit.
alcibiades_mystery
(36,437 posts)coyote
(1,561 posts)I wonder if he think it was worth killing that 3 year old.
What a fucked up tragedy.
SCantiGOP
(13,871 posts)It was the kids fault - he should have had a gun to protect himself.
Marengo
(3,477 posts)I've seen it made often, but never with a citation. The argument is not very effective without this.
SCantiGOP
(13,871 posts)Close to his exact quote: the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is with a good guy with a gun.
Kang Colby
(1,941 posts)In this case, when the police arrived on scene they were carrying guns.
This guy is a scumbag, who should have been in prison. My guess was he had multiple priors. We need to bring back "3 strikes" laws. No reason to have this kind of trash out walking the streets.
Thankfully, this is Texas and is also a capital murder case. Hopefully he gets the shot in his arm.
SCantiGOP
(13,871 posts)The answer to gun violence in this case is to kill more people. Doesn't bring back the victim, does it?
And, by inference, the NRA always blames the victim by trotting out that crap about more guns making it more likely a "good guy" stops a "bad guy," and that gun-free zones increase the chance of violence.
Their worst crime against humanity is how they take the right to own handguns and hunting rifles and turn it into some sacred requirement that we not regulate automatic weapons, armor-piercing bullets and high capacity magazines.
The NRA is nothing more than the lobby of the gun and ammo manufacturing sector.
Kang Colby
(1,941 posts)The NRA never blames the victim. Automatic weapons have been heavily regulated for over 70 years. Armor piercing ammo was banned by Reagan in the 1980s and homicide is now at a 50 year low.
Let's cool it with the hyperbole and stick with the facts.
Marengo
(3,477 posts)"hunting rifles" is the definition of arms in the text?
It certainly wasn't meant at the time to include military type weapons like it does now. Handguns for personal protection and hunting rifles is what should be covered.
There is absolutely no reason for a private citizen to own a military style weapon. If you want those, follow the amendment and join an organized militia.
Marengo
(3,477 posts)It was also in common civilian use as well. The primary differences would have been provision for mounting a bayonet, rifled vs. smooth bore, and caliber. Other than these (and not these in all cases), the arms in military and civilian use were largely similar.
Marengo
(3,477 posts)Intended it only to allow possession of hunting rifles?
Marengo
(3,477 posts)jtuck004
(15,882 posts)Privilege = not having people who make decisions such as these making decisions for you. Or anyone you know.
Judi Lynn
(160,586 posts)in expensive homes, and among families which are all white.
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Hoping this beautiful little kid didn't actually have time to know about the hideous thing which ended his life.
jtuck004
(15,882 posts)stupid decisions across the board.
I'm not castigating her, because, sure, anyone could have mistaken him for a corporate CEO. But it takes two. Or in this case three.
And that kid's body lies among the excuses.
Judi Lynn
(160,586 posts)Thanks for the invitation back to reality.
jtuck004
(15,882 posts)to where he is now.
In almost all of these cases I have read about and seen over the years, there is nearly always a history where we help construct folks like this. The parents, of course, (his of course, hers perhaps) but all the systems around where we try to prevent tragedy, and yet this. He could have been the product of a great home, but I wonder. It goes beyond parents, but the old Philip Larkin poem, "This be the Verse" comes to mind, ya know?
Take care.
Oneironaut
(5,509 posts)okasha
(11,573 posts)retrowire
(10,345 posts)was an idiot so....
I don't know. I have trouble accepting truly evil human beings that you point, threaten and intentionally shoot a child.
This world.... Am I right?
valerief
(53,235 posts)red dog 1
(27,837 posts)"Witnesses later admitted that Wayman pointed the gun aat the boy & told him that he'd shoot him if he didn't stop jumping on the bed.."??
If the boy's mother did, indeed, lie to the police at first, in order to "help" the asshole boyfriend who shot & killed her son, then she should be charged with lying to the police, and/or obstruction of justice,
Lying to the police is a crime in every state.
ManiacJoe
(10,136 posts)red dog 1
(27,837 posts)Is that a Gray Wolf?
ManiacJoe
(10,136 posts)leftyladyfrommo
(18,869 posts)That poor baby left with 2 awful parents.
How some of these kids even survive is a miracle. And this kind of abuse happens all the time.
Sancho
(9,070 posts)This is my generic response to gun threads where people are shot and killed by the dumb or criminal possession of guns. For the record, I grew up in the South and on military bases. I was taught about firearms as a child, and I grew up hunting, was a member of the NRA, and I still own guns. In the 70s, I dropped out of the NRA because they become more radical and less interested in safety and training. Some personal experiences where people I know were involved in shootings caused me to realize that anyone could obtain and posses a gun no matter how illogical it was for them to have a gun. Also, easy access to more powerful guns, guns in the hands of children, and guns that werent secured are out of control in our society. As such, heres what I now think ought to be the requirements to possess a gun. Im not debating the legal language, I just think its the reasonable way to stop the shootings. Notice, none of this restricts the type of guns sold. This is aimed at the people who shoot others, because its clear that they should never have had a gun.
1.) Anyone in possession of a gun (whether they own it or not) should have a regularly renewed license. If you want to call it a permit, certificate, or something else that's fine.
2.) To get a license, you should have a background check, and be examined by a professional for emotional and mental stability appropriate for gun possession. It might be appropriate to require that examination to be accompanied by references from family, friends, employers, etc. This check is not to subject you to a mental health diagnosis, just check on your superficial and apparent gun-worthyness.
3.) To get the license, you should be required to take a safety course and pass a test appropriate to the type of gun you want to use.
4.) To get a license, you should be over 21. Under 21, you could only use a gun under direct supervision of a licensed person and after obtaining a learners license. Your license might be restricted if you have children or criminals or other unsafe people living in your home. (If you want to argue 18 or 25 or some other age, fine. 21 makes sense to me.)
5.) If you possess a gun, you would have to carry a liability insurance policy specifically for gun ownership - and likely you would have to provide proof of appropriate storage, security, and whatever statistical reasons that emerge that would drive the costs and ability to get insurance.
6.) You could not purchase a gun or ammunition without a license, and purchases would have a waiting period.
7.) If you possess a gun without a license, you go to jail, the gun is impounded, and a judge will have to let you go (just like a DUI).
8.) No one should carry an unsecured gun (except in a locked case, unloaded) when outside of home. Guns should be secure when transporting to a shooting event without demonstrating a special need. Their license should indicate training and special carry circumstances beyond recreational shooting (security guard, etc.). If you are carrying your gun while under the influence of drugs or alcohol, you lose your gun and license.
9.) If you buy, sell, give away, or inherit a gun, your license information should be recorded.
10.) If you accidentally discharge your gun, commit a crime, get referred by a mental health professional, are served a restraining order, etc., you should lose your license and guns until reinstated by a serious relicensing process.
Most of you know that a license is no big deal. Besides a drivers license you need a license to fish, operate a boat, or many other activities. I realize these differ by state, but that is not a reason to let anyone without a bit of sense pack a semiautomatic weapon in public, on the roads, and in schools. I think we need to make it much harder for some people to have guns.
SCantiGOP
(13,871 posts)For a reasoned and reasonable post. I don't see anything to disagree with.
Kaleva
(36,316 posts)deimos1
(13 posts)Brother Joe Observes
(61 posts)People shouldn't be allowed to do anything before their 20th birthday.
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)why I even get up in the morning.
Blandocyte
(1,231 posts)I see something like this and know it won't be a feel-good story.
McCamy Taylor
(19,240 posts)Judi Lynn
(160,586 posts)Not only are they limited mentally, they are able to kill you from a distance if you don't please them.
ManiacJoe
(10,136 posts)JI7
(89,256 posts)Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)tenderfoot
(8,437 posts)So much for the deterrent thing.
Rest in Peace Dominic Tra'Juan.
noneko
(33 posts)As a female, I can't wrap my mind around it. Do women actually like crazy men? How can you not know someone is missing a few screws? I would notice that right away.
And what is a 18 year old doing with a gun? WHY? What does he need it for?! This is why I left Texas.
tabasco
(22,974 posts)Take a look around.
noneko
(33 posts)But then what if she was? I just don't see a sane woman with a child marrying someone like this. Marriage is completely avoidable( for the most part).
Unless she's a teen. Teens can be so naive and stupid. I def was.
Also I never said there weren't crazy stupid women.
locks
(2,012 posts)wants kindergartners to learn to shoot; perhaps we'd better start instruction at three years so that they can defend themselves against their family members.
Bad Dog
(2,025 posts)Home of the Brave? You're having a laugh.