11 Year Old American Boy Shoots and Kills Father's Pregnant Girlfriend

Recent news reported an 11 year old boy in fifth grade in Pennsylvania, Jordan Brown, shooting his father's live-in girlfriend, Kenzie Houk, with his father's shotgun as she slept. This resulted in Houk's immediate death, and Houk's 8 month old fetus also died from oxygen deprivation. At worst, the boy could face dual murder charges with a penalty of life imprisonment.

Sources say that Houk lived together with Brown's father, and that Brown had waited until Houk was left sleeping in the bedroom alone in the morning before he murdered her. After the act, Brown stayed calm and went to school normally by bus. Houk's body was not discovered until her youngest daughter, 4 years old, saw that her mother was lying in bed covered in blood. The incident only came to light when the young daughter went crying and told a worker trimming the shrubs next door.

Afterwards, Houk's family and friends said that Brown may have committed his serious crime due to jealousy he felt towards Houk and the baby she carried, and that he was afraid he might lose his father's favor. As Pennsylvania law allows the prosecution to charge children age 10 and above with criminal murder charges, Brown will be indicted as an adult. However, Brown's lawyer has stated that he will do his best to ask the judge to transfer this case to juvenile court.

from:funday English news
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The reason why Brown may have committed his serious crime due to jealousy. He was afraid he might lose his father's favor. At worst,he could face dual murder charges with a penalty of life imprisonment.

In my opinion,children are maturing at an earlier age nowadays. In order to prevent similar tragedies occurring again,we should focus on the education and emphasize it more and more.

On the other hand,we can rethink the issues such as the legalization of owing guns and gun control. Because if owning arms is legalized, in the country to get the arms is very easy. I think,that's the reason why many tragedies occured.