Posted on 01/27/2007 5:18:13 PM PST by ShadowDancer
Police Kill Teen After Family Attacked With Sword
POSTED: 5:37 pm EST January 27, 2007
HURON, S.D. -- Police in South Dakota are trying to figure out why a sword wielding teenager killed his mother and injured three others before being gunned down.
Officers arriving at a home in Huron early Friday found the attacker's 14-year-old sister with cuts to her lower arms and hands. They then encountered 16-year-old Josh Gilchrist who struck one of the officers several times before the others fired several shots, killing him.
Police then found the body of his mother, 49-year-old Betty Gilchrist, and an injured foreign exchange student. The boy's mother was a librarian in Huron and a former teacher at Minnesota High School in southwestern Minnesota.
The injured officer and a foreign exchange student in the house were treated at Huron Regional Medical Center and released. Rebekah Gilchrist is recovering in a Sioux Falls hospital.
Not funny at all.
Haha! I think you'd fit right in with my squad.
Where's daddy in this family?
The foreign exchange student will have aheck of a story to take home. Shamefull.
They want to know why? Because Satan is the Destroyer, that is why.
"...struck one of the officers several times..."
Either a crummy sword or lousy technique (thankfully). A real sword, especially a shinken, is 30" of razor and will take off parts with every stroke.
Makes it sound as if the swordsman was the victim.
Probably a bit of both. Good swords are quite pricey and the regular ones you get over the internet tend not to take or hold and edge very well.
Thanks for sharing.
There can only be one
I'm picturing the market scene from "Raiders of the Lost Ark".
Really. I agree. I don't think there are editors anymore to correct bad grammer and wrong use of words.
Some of them are barely sharp at all. Meant more to hang on the wall for decoration. (It was a good thing in this case).
...or spelling either, huh? ;^)
A child victim of handgun violence. Let's call Sarah Brady.
A real sword is a fearsome weapon but most people treat them as jokes. If this kid was using a crappy cast bladed pseudo sword, and was untrained, you can imagine the damage that can be done with a real sword in the hands of someone who knows how to use one.
I am curious on the kind of blade he used, from a forensic poinit of view. To use a sword to kill and cut, you have to be really quite dedicated to follow through. I wonder what had set this untrained kid off to be able to actually do it. I am sure there is a lot more to this story.
Was the international student boffing Mom or something?
More information is needed.
Is the foreign exchange student male or female?
Was the boy with the sword on drugs?
Strange story.
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