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TexasTowelie

(116,876 posts)
Thu Mar 7, 2019, 06:26 AM Mar 2019

Police: Oklahoma teen shot parents, believed they were Satanists

EDMOND, Okla. — A suburban Oklahoma City teen told investigators that his older brother told him that he shot and killed their parents because they had been communicating with him telepathically and were Satan worshippers, according to an affidavit released Tuesday.

The 17-year-old called police at around 2:30 a.m. Monday after waking to the sound of his mother screaming and hearing gunshots, police wrote in the affidavit. He then saw his mother in the hallway and she told him to call 911.

“He looked into the hallway again and saw his brother ... walking down the hallway holding his gun,” according to the document. “He advised that his brother often carries the gun around the house with him because he is paranoid.”

Police found the bodies of Michael Logan Walker, 50, and Rachel Walker, 44, inside their Edmond home and arrested their 19-year-old son, Michael Elijah Walker, on preliminary first-degree murder charges. He is jailed without bond and records don’t list an attorney for him.

Read more: https://www.swtimes.com/news/20190306/police-oklahoma-teen-shot-parents-believed-they-were-satanists

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Police: Oklahoma teen shot parents, believed they were Satanists (Original Post) TexasTowelie Mar 2019 OP
At least Obama didn't take away his gunz. 3Hotdogs Mar 2019 #1
Paranoid schizophrenics shouldn't have access to guns. Trump overturned the law blm Mar 2019 #2
The first line of defense was the family and that failed. Runningdawg Mar 2019 #3

blm

(113,826 posts)
2. Paranoid schizophrenics shouldn't have access to guns. Trump overturned the law
Thu Mar 7, 2019, 08:17 AM
Mar 2019

That prevented mentally unstable from obtaining firearms.

Runningdawg

(4,618 posts)
3. The first line of defense was the family and that failed.
Thu Mar 7, 2019, 12:50 PM
Mar 2019

But this didn't happen in a vacuum or overnight. Other family and neighbors, previous teachers and his and his brothers friends most likely KNEW and they did nothing. I'm not sure how anyone will change that attitude in state that loves their guns as much as Oklahoma. They would have handed Charles Manson a loaded weapon.

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