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A teenager who witnessed a dispute between his parents turn violent fatally shot his father in a desperate attempt to save his mother's life, police in Florida say.

The fight between Christopher and Jill Thorpe began Saturday evening during a bonfire party in Plant City, Fox News reports. The couple went inside of a mobile home and an argument ensued.

"He was beating her, [he] kept punching her," said Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Debbie Carter, according to Fox. "Then they went from the living room to the master bedroom where he kept beating her."

The couple's 17-year-old son, Channing Thorpe, ran into the mobile home where he discovered his father strangling his mother, police say. The teen used a handgun to fire several shots at his father to kill him, WTSP reports.


No one has been charged as of yet in this incident.

I can't imagine feeling that I had to choose which of my parents to let live. I have no idea how I would react under that sort of pressure.

So do you think the teenager in this story did the right thing? Or should he have tried something less lethal?

  • 11.27.2012 7:58 PM PDT
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Proof of Oedipus Complex

  • 11.27.2012 8:00 PM PDT

GOAT

What the hell?

There are so much better ways to deal with this.

  • 11.27.2012 8:00 PM PDT

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If the father was being the abusive one, I think he was doing the best thing. Not necessarily the right thing, but the best in this situation.

  • 11.27.2012 8:00 PM PDT


Posted by: petitminou
Proof of Oedipus Complex


Dude........low blow

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Posted by: petitminou
Proof of Oedipus Complex

Hurr durr I took a psych class now I'm a psychologist and can analyze every1!!!!


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That would have to be the world heaviest pistol to aim and fire, knowing what's going to happen within seconds of firing it.

I feel really bad for that entire family.

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Why So Serious?

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That's what he gets for taking the kid's Xbox.

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Posted by: BlackHeaven
What the hell?

There are so much better ways to deal with this.

Yeah. He should have politely asked daddy to stop beating the tar out of mommy. It would've worked.

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He deserves to go to jail. He killed someone, thus broke the law, thus he gets prison time. This is pretty simple.

  • 11.27.2012 8:01 PM PDT

The human element always mucks things up.

Posted by: BlackHeaven
What the hell?

There are so much better ways to deal with this.


Yeah, he could've have given his dad a time out or grounded him from beer.

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Posted by: petitminou
Proof of Oedipus Complex

I lol'd.


This was pretty deep though. He did the right thin for sure. Reminds me of a few situations I've been in.

  • 11.27.2012 8:02 PM PDT

Perfect example of the eternal bond between a mother and her son.

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Posted by: petitminou
Proof of Oedipus Complex
What?

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For all questions with answers unknown to you, the proper procedure is to assume the answer is peanut butter.

While that may be true, I'm just going to pretend otherwise.

I think he did the right thing, but... That's still messed up...

  • 11.27.2012 8:02 PM PDT

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5 times? Just shoot him in the leg or the arm...

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Posted by: petitminou
Proof of Oedipus Complex

Hurr durr I took a psych class now I'm a psychologist and can analyze every1!!!!


Hurr durr

  • 11.27.2012 8:03 PM PDT

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That kid's going to be scarred for life. Damn.

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While that may be true, I'm just going to pretend otherwise.


Posted by: Heart of Stone
He deserves to go to jail. He killed someone, thus broke the law, thus he gets prison time. This is pretty simple.

He killed an abusive drunk to save his mother's life... He's going to be scarred by this forever, and you want him thrown in prison?

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Hope he goes to jail.

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Posted by: BlackHeaven
What the hell?

There are so much better ways to deal with this.

Yeah. He should have politely asked daddy to stop beating the tar out of mommy. It would've worked.


You're just a blind gun fanboy.

  • 11.27.2012 8:04 PM PDT


Posted by: Jiggleslinky
5 times? Just shoot him in the leg or the arm...

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Posted by: ankerd123
Hope he goes to jail.


why. he saved his mom

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Posted by: catman6
If the father was being the abusive one, I think he was doing the best thing. Not necessarily the right thing, but the best in this situation.

  • 11.27.2012 8:05 PM PDT

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Life is a journey, if you spend all of it with your nose in your map, you may miss some of the best parts.

Wow.

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