Angry father shoots 15-year-old son dead over allegations
 

swift acting

that he may have molested a 3-year-old girl
HIGHLAND PARK, Mich. (AP) -- A 37-year-old father irate over hearing his 15-year-old son had sexual contact with a 3-year-old girl made the teen strip at gunpoint, marched him to a vacant lot and shot him to death despite pleas from the boy and his mother, a relative said.

Michigan authorities filed a first-degree murder charge Wednesday against Jamar Pinkney Sr. in the shooting death Monday of Jamar Pinkney Jr. in the Detroit enclave of Highland Park.

Defense attorney Corbett O'Meara said prosecutors should consider evidence of the father's state of mind over the sex abuse report.

"If something were to happen that would cause a reasonable person to lose control of himself, that is something the prosecution would have to take into account," O'Meara said outside Highland Park District Court.

Tensions were high in the courtroom Wednesday as the handcuffed suspect was led into the room for the arraignment, which lasted less than a minute.

"No, No, No," one female relative cried before a police officer escorted her out.

Judge Brigette Officer entered a not guilty plea for Pinkney, who's also charged with assault, and ordered him jailed without bond until a preliminary examination Dec. 1.

"This is something that's hard to deal with for all the parties concerned, including the police," police Chief Ted Caldwell said afterward. "Highland Park is a small city. These are people who have been members of the community for years."

Caldwell said the sexual misconduct allegation that led to the confrontation wasn't part of the police investigation.

The shooting happened Monday night in a vacant lot in the once-prosperous city of 16,000, where decay, abandonment, fires and demolition have eaten away at many of the sprawling homes. Highland Park recently exited years of state financial oversight.

"This is something that's hard to deal with for all the parties concerned, including the police," police Chief Ted Caldwell said afterward. "Highland Park is a small city. These are people who have been members of the community for years."

Caldwell said the sexual misconduct allegation that led to the confrontation wasn't part of the police investigation.

The shooting happened Monday night in a vacant lot in the once-prosperous city of 16,000, where decay, abandonment, fires and demolition have eaten away at many of the sprawling homes. Highland Park recently exited years of state financial oversight

pretty shitty article.

dad's gonna be pissssed if he finds out his kid didnt really do anything to the 3yo and he's lined up for the chair or life in prison lolz

lols indeed

Very sad story.

Sad , just really sad

just what i was thinking!

It's tragic all the way around.

he did it because the teen would probably say his dad raped him as kid and thats where he learned it :2 cents:

He is a deranged father.And the allegations may not be true...what a bummer.

I think he may have found out if it was true before he killed him...don't you:error

damn thats a twist

Yeah well, it does say he forced him to strip at gunpoint..... :helpme

That guy is keepin it real...

No kidding...

Tru dat! U ain't want no beef wit Jamar Pinkney Sr.

Damn it that is terribel!

a 3 year old wouldnt make up that type of stuff

Im not saying thats the case, but many 3 year olds have been tricked into saying such things...

:Oh crap

:2 cents::2 cents:

Crazy stuff!!

Wonder if the allegation was true to begin with...

It's the guns fault, blame it on the gun!

Its the bullet, BLAME THE BULLET!

the gun is just a mechanism, same as a finger... that muh fuckin Lead did it!

BLAME THE LEAD!!!

Idiot :2 cents:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McMartin_preschool_trial

barbie i love you like a fat webmaster loves high PPS, but I think without the details it's hard to know... i just recall an episode of First 48 the reality series of homocide detectives and some guy killed someone who he though raped his sister.... he got caught for 1st degree murder then found out his sister was raped by someone else.... ouch

How? Did the 3 year old tell him? Only the police would have an inkling if it were true because they could actually INVESTIGATE and gather EVIDENCE. The police said they weren't even investigating it.

This guy is an asshole. While I would be disgusted if my son had molesed a 3 year old, if I heard allegations, as his father I would

A) Believe my son if he said he didn't do it

B) wait for ALL the evidence to come in.

Maybe the dad did it and the son found out and was going to tell.

If he didn't have access to a gun he couldn't have kill his son like a coward.

lovely ...

that is a horrible story. What happend to innocent until proven guilty?

Guess the dad is going to find out a little more about molestation now that he's in jail...

Sad deal all around, BUT....3 yr old kids don't lie. I don't care how you try to twist and turn it. The Dad should have never taken matters into his own hands.

I can tell you never had children.

if you had a cookie jar and you told a 3 year old to not eat the cookies or he'll get spanking and the kid ate one when you left the room and you come back and asked him if he ate the cookie, he will in fact lie.

i have more than 3 :1orglaughand they all made up stuff if someone kept telling a kid stuff they will think its true sometimes

I'm sure if that where the case, the son had past issues with this kind of thing. Does not make the father right in any case, but I doubt this was the first time the father heard something like this and just went out and shot his son, but then again crazier shit has happened so who knows.

wondering about that too.. sad story

What an idiot... killing his own son.

No where does it say that the father 'heard' the allegation from the 3 year old him/herself. But you, and a couple of others, are too fucking stupid to realize that it doesn't even say that. :uhoh

It says the father killed his son because he HEARD that his son molested a 3 year old, but it doesn't say who he heard it from.

Infact, the father could have killed his son for an assortment of fucked up reasons, and the whole molesting the 3 year old thing could have came long after the fact, conspired, and said to the police, as some sort of an excuse, over whatever the real reason was.

Can't speak for the father, but I'm pretty sure I could kill your average 15 year old with my bare hands...

An angry father in a mad bloodlust rage, without thinking of the consequences, shoots his 15-year-old son in a burst of terrifying gory blood passion. What a fucking idiot.

damn it was his half sister :( http://www.abcnews.go.com/WN/father-...ory?id=9127703

shit he's a damn postal worker :disgust

WoW, the 15 year old boy confessed doing it to his mother!


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If you read all the press, it says the teenager told his mother that he had sexual contact with his 3-year-old sister and she called the father to help her figure out what to do. I'm betting Mom didn't expect Dad to react like he did.

it`s fucked up