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The Northerner (4,674 posts)
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Florida Family Massacre: Tonya Thomas shot her kids 18 times before killing herself, reports say
(CBS/AP) PORT ST. JOHN, Fla. - New reports reveal that Tonya Thomas, a Florida mother, shot her four children 18 times before killing herself. She was also a victim of domestic abuse.
The shootings happened on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 in Port St. John, near Cape Canaveral. The children fled to a neighbor's house, but returned when Thomas came outside and called for them to return. Authorities said she then fired the fatal rounds, smoked a cigarette and later killed herself.
According to USA Today, Brevard County's medical examiner wrote in a report that 33-year-old Tonya Thomas used a Taurus .38-caliber revolver to shoot and kill her children Joel Johnson, 12, Jazzlyn Johnson, 13, Jaxs Johnson, 15, and Pebbles Johnson, 17.
There were 19 gunshot wounds found on the victims, including the self-inflicted wound found on Thomas' body, according to the report. One child was shot seven times while the youngest child was shot five times from more than two feet away. The revolver was fired against the chest of at least two children.
Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-57438291-504083/florida-family-massacre-tonya-thomas-shot-her-kids-18-times-before-killing-herself-reports-say/
Gee...suppose they'd all been white. White+Florida+Mass Family Killing+Suicide would equal scores of threads on DU about crazy rethuglikkan fundy wingnut teabaggers. But they were black, so DU manages BUBKIS. (http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002711700)
Oh, wait...one lone DUmmy blames the MIC:
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I have no idea what drove Ms. Thomas to this incredible act of savagery, whether it was something latent in her personality, she just snapped, or what. But we can argue about whether spending $2 billion a day on "defense" is enough or if it should be $2.5 billion a day. Meanwhile, our citizens' health (mental and physical) slides a little further down the list of priorities and we all get to mourn the terrible aftermath of a mother executing her four children before killing herself.
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I look for them to blame it on the domestic violence here soon.
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I look for them to blame it on the domestic violence here soon.
Could be, my guess is the DUmmies will blame the lack of/underfunding of the social safety net (read as free government stuff).
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Could be, my guess is the DUmmies will blame the lack of/underfunding of the social safety net (read as free government stuff).
Yeah, the government has to spend more money on useless research, and give more handouts out to prevent this from ever happening.
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Yeah, the government has to spend more money on useless research, and give more handouts out to prevent this from ever happening.
Like the "O" needs an excuse to spend even more money.
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Like the "O" needs an excuse to spend even more money.
I was being sarcastic. Next time I will use an emoticon :-)
And Barry will find any reason he can spend more money and raise taxes.
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Like the "O" needs an excuse to spend even more money.
"O" hadn't come through with her free pony, free skittles, paid her mortgage or filled her gas tank.....so she offed the kids and herself because it's "*"'s fault.
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It was all Bush's fault. Ask Barry.
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Wow, that is a very sad story. I don't care if the critics come from the left or the right in this situation. Its just horrible.
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...uh....How many times did she have to reload?
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...uh....How many times did she have to reload?
If it was a 6-shot revolver, two times. A 5-shot revolver? Three times. (Have to eliminate the initial loading.)
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If it was a 6-shot revolver, two times. A 5-shot revolver? Three times. (Have to eliminate the initial loading.)
Zimmerman is out on bail, you know. Could have been him.
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Disgusting bitch.
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Cheney saw a quail.
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Cheney saw a quail.
Was the quail black ? If so...
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