How heartbreaking...

SUMTER, S.C. (Nov. 1) - A 12-year-old boy was shot to death while trick-or-treating with his family, struck with 30 rounds, shocking residents of a South Carolina neighborhood where most people know each other well.
A man in police custody confessed to the shooting, saying he emptied an AK-47 through his front door when he saw people with masks approaching, the Sumter Police Department said.
Police offered no motive and said it did not appear the family knew the people in the house, which is off a busy, two-lane road in Sumter, a city of about 40,000 people 45 miles east of Columbia. On Saturday, shattered glass still covered the front stoop and about 20 bullet holes peppered the front door and a front-window casement.
Quentin Patrick, 22, has been charged with murder and three counts of assault and battery with intent to kill. Police officers found AK-47 rounds had shot through the doors, walls and windows of the house, and they recovered that gun as well as a 9mm gun. He is a convicted felon who is not allowed to own firearms.
Police also arrested Ericka Patrice Pee, 19, who was in the house with her 2-year-old daughter. She tried to flee the home with Patrick and $75,000 in cash, police said. She is charged with obstructing justice.
More charges are expected against both suspects, police said.

Thats terrible

My heart goes out to this family

The only thing I can think of it that the guy was on drugs and paranoid... maybe when people approached the house with masks he flipped out. I don't know... what I do know is he deserves life in prison at the very minimum. It's so awful.

hey, he was just exercising his constitutional right to own a fire arm and protect his home....or at least thats the NRA mantra....

didn't he lose his constitutional right to "protect his home" with an AK-47 when he became a felon?

Yep. He did.

that's what I thought. And really... who in the hell needs an AK-47 in their home anyway?? And what about this chick they arrested in the home... that had her 2 YEAR OLD lil girl in this home with guns and felons... WTF?? She needs to be charged with more than obstructing justice.

Unfortunately Jill you can't be charged with being young and stupid.What a shame.This is why I trick or treat at the mall.

please don't get me started on the access to guns...gulp !!

This is why we need to ban stupid people. This man needs Life in Prison, he will be dealt with in jail for the murder of a child. Thats way worse than what the state can do

In my opinion this goes beyond being young and stupid... This goes straight to reckless behavior and putting your child in mortal danger. If you wanna hang out with drug dealers and guns, that's on you... however, you don't have the right to bring your 2 year old child into it.

We had a kid here in Michigan get shot while tp'ing a house a few months ago.