Father of girl slain on school bus kills himself in Broward

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Miami Herald

Posted on Friday, 12.28.12
Father of girl slain on school bus kills himself in Broward

The father of a girl slain on a Homestead school bus before Thanksgiving killed himself Thursday.

BY JULIE K. BROWN
[e-mail]

The family of a 13-year-old girl shot and killed on a school bus in Homestead last month is now planning another funeral, for her father, who committed suicide Thursday, the family said.

Armando “Alex” Guzman, 34, was found shot to death in a vehicle in Broward County. Police told the family that he died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Family members said he was grief-stricken and depressed over the loss of his daughter, Lourdes “Jina” Guzman-DeJesus, who was killed Nov. 20, when a student on her school bus pulled a .40 caliber gun from his backpack and it discharged, striking Jina in the neck. About eight students, including Jina’s 7-year-old sister, were on the bus, which was enroute to several Homestead-area schools.

Jordan Alexander Howe, 15, has been charged with manslaughter and carrying a concealed weapon. He told police he found the gun in his home and that he had taken it to school at least once before. He also said the gun discharged accidentally when he was showing it to another student on the bus.


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[Judi Lynn]

1. Similar story, one day earlier, from the same area:

Posted on Thursday, 12.27.12
Keys charter school principal shoots herself
By Diana Moskovitz
[e-mail]

The principal at a Florida’s Keys charter school died after she shot herself at a Pembroke Park gun range, authorities said Thursday.

Adri Anna Stewart’s death has been ruled a suicide, according to the Broward Sheriff’s Office.

Stewart, 30, had been the principal at Key West Collegiate Academy, which is on Stock Island and managed by Academica. She took over last summer.

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On Wednesday, Stewart went to the Pembroke Gun and Range at 3130 SW 19th St., where she shot herself about 2 p.m. She was taken by paramedics to Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood, where she died.

More:
http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/12/27/3158752/keys-charter-school-principal.html#storylink=cpy

[LoisB]

2. Two dead, one child's life basically over. So sad and so stupid.

[SoCalMusicLover]

3. At Least The Gun Owner Can Keep His Gun

I'm sure Jordan's pop is still a proud gun owner. They might be able to take his son, but they damn well better not take his guns.

[Confusious]

11. It should be an automatic disqualifier

From ever owning a gun again.

You loose it, it gets stolen, you loose that right.

All I can think about anymore, after being shot myself, it the amount of blood that pores out of gunshot wounds. Blood on my hand, blood on my leg, blood all over the carpet, blood all over anything I touched or stepped near.

Blood, blood, blood.

A godawful mess.

[enough]

4. My friend lost a child to a random shooting some years ago,

and made a vow that the murder would not be allowed to destroy anyone else in the family. The keeping of that vow has been the most heroic thing I have ever personally witnessed in my life.

Great sorrow for everyone in these stories.

[Cha]

14. That does take so much

strength. The hardest thing to do but I feel it's the best way to honor the victim. No doubt, they would want that way.

[Little Star]

5. Damn that's sad.

[Doctor_J]

6. Gun death by proxy

the 2nd amendment - the gift that keeps on taking

[nolabear]

7. Well put. I'll use that.

Taking and taking and taking.

[Chorophyll]

8. Yep. I keep thinking:

"live by the gun, die by the gun."

And it's so deeply entrenched in our culture. You'd think we were fighting a war with ourselves.

[southernyankeebelle]

9. This is so tragic.

[Happyhippychick]

12. Maybe we need armed guards on school buses

[orleans]

13. can guns "accidentally" discharge by themselves or does

someone have to pull or touch the trigger?

[ManiacJoe]

16. Someone or something has to pull the trigger.

[Evasporque]

15. Had the us driver been armed this tragedy could of been averted...

As soon as the shot went off the bus driver could of shot the young boy and maybe any others threatening the safety of the students.