OOPS!--Son Shoots Dad After Mistaking Parents' Sex For Abuse
 

Son Shoots Dad After Mistaking Parents' Sex For Abuse
Boy, 16, Charged With Assault With Deadly Weapon

UPDATED: 10:18 am EST February 14, 2005

HOUSTON -- A 16-year-old boy was charged with shooting his father in their Harris County, Texas, home Friday.

The shooting was originally reported as a case of domestic abuse, but deputies said the boy apparently witnessed a sexual act between his parents and thought the father was abusing the mother.
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Sheriff's deputies charged the boy with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, a first-degree felony.

Detectives said the mother and father were engaged in consensual sex when the shooting occurred at about 3:30 a.m. inside the family's home. Investigators said the couple's 11-year-old son woke up to his mother making loud noises.

"During the course of love making, the wife was evidently being somewhat loud … loud enough to where it woke the children up," Harris County Sheriff's Department Sgt. Mike Smith said.

The boy woke his brother, who then walked into his parent's bedroom and told his father, 43-year-old Jacob Hughes, to leave his mother alone. Officials said that is when the teen shot his father in the arm.

Detectives originally said that the son said he fired the gun as a way of defending his mother during an argument he thought she was having with his father.

"The children interpreted the noise as their mother being in danger," Smith said. "The 11-year-old went into the room, forcibly went into the room, to protect his mother. (The child) observed his parents making love and got the 16-year-old. The 16-year-old came back in and fired the shot."

After investigating previous problems at the home, officials said there have been previous reports of abuse in the family and that father had been charged and convicted of domestic violence. Officials said the children feared their mother was being hurt due to their father's previous convictions for abuse and that is the reason the oldest son shot his father.

Authorities said they have not determined whether the mother was screaming for help.

"That is a very important question. I can see why you are asking that. We are trying to work that out right now. We are trying to decide if it was a passionate scream or was it a cry for help," Smith said.

Hughes was transported to a hospital to be treated for his injuries. He was released late Friday morning.

Officials said the couple has been married for 20 years.

Sounds like the scumbag should already have been shot prior to this incident. To bad the kid wasn't a better aim. Poor freakin kids growing up in constantly violent house like that... :(

Lmao

That's crazy.
 

rolling on the floor LMAO for real!

Why are these people from my home town..... NousDefionsDoc they must be from your side of the tracks. :D:D:D

Just kidding...


RAT OUT!!!

Only in TX :D

Which - the emotive women, or the gun-toting kids? :p

That story is bullshit. They're hiding something.

The Gag?? :D

LOL - I'll bet what happened was he was absuing her and the kid shot him for it, then the bastard convinced them if they didn't lie about it, they would put the kid in jail for a long time. I never met a 16 year-old that would mistake sex for anything.

Actually, they were trying to hide something. :D

Was it good for you, baby?

LMFAO!

I couldn't agree more. The Father was probably beating the crap out of her. But because of his prior convictions dip-shit knows he will go to the can unless she gives the cops a REAL good story. So because "I love him, he didn't mean to beat me, or its my fault he beat me not his....I should know better, blah, blah, blah." She decides to fry her son. Bitch!

It is a real shame the kid missed. Then the prick wouldn't be around to manipulate the truth.

It could be. I misread the article and thought the boy was 11. It was meant to be humourous. It wouldn't be the first time a child entered into his parent's bedroom and misunderstood wnat he saw.

What I find more interesting now is the free condemnation and name calling of the people who don't have the slightest first hand knowledge of the subjects

Your right I don't know any of the player's my bad, I guess I'm just a little jaded but my previous post is consistant with what I see all the time. :cool:

Unlike Smokin' Joe ... I completely and totally stand by my assessment that this clown was a "scumbag" and should have been shot in the past. :munchin