Father Kills 14 Year-Old Son: 'He Would Rather Have a Dead Son Than a Gay Son'

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A Nevada father shot and killed his 14-year-old son because he couldn’t accept his son's sexual orientation, according to the son's former foster mom.

On Thursday afternoon, 53-year-old Wendell Melton shot his son, Giovanni Melton, in the apartment where Giovanni lived alone. According to Sonja Jones, Giovanni’s former foster mom, Wendell caught Giovanni with his boyfriend before he pulled out a gun.
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"Giovanni was abused physically and mentally and spiritually for many, many years," Jones told News 3 Las Vegas.

Jones said other family members told her the argument that led to Giovanni's death was over Giovanni’s sexual orientation. She said Wendell had threatened Giovanni before.

Giovanni is remembered as an energetic friend who “brought smiles to everyone he met.”

Coronado High School senior Bailey Schultz, who went to school with Melton, told the local NBC News station that “he was young and he had a lot to live for.”

"I hope they throw the book at him. I hope he never sees the light of day," Jones said. "I hope every day when he looks in the mirror, he sees his son's face."

https://www.yahoo.com/news/father-kills-14-old-son-233839242.html

[MineralMan]

1. Enjoy your extended stay at the Graybar Inn, idiot!

[malaise]

2. Throw away the keys

forever

[dixiegrrrrl]

3. "in the apartment where Giovanni lived alone. " ??????

a 14 year old kid was living alone in his own apt?????

[ProfessorGAC]

4. That Jumped At Me To, Dixie

As horrible as the story is, that line jumped off the screen. Something odd about this whole scenario.

[dixiegrrrrl]

5. Perhaps this:

Wendell was a convicted felon due to domestic battery and was prohibited from possessing firearms.
He told the dispatcher he shot his son after an argument about his son's truancy escalated and turned physical.
He said when he got up, the gun he had pointed at his son's chest "accidentally went off."

But Jones and other close to Giovanni tell a different story.

"Giovanni was abused physically and mentally and spiritually for many, many years," Jones told News 3 Las Vegas.

http://www.newsweek.com/father-kills-14-year-old-son-he-would-rather-have-dead-son-gay-son-703282

So that bit about abuse might explain the "foster mom" in the story.

[ProfessorGAC]

6. Still Don't Get Why A 14 YO Was Living Alone

Wouldn't they have put him in a different foster home? Geez, he was just 14.