Family failure.According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the Herald and News (Oregon Oregon, city, United States Oregon, city (1990 pop. 18,334), Lucas co., NW Ohio, a suburb adjacent to Toledo, on Lake Erie; inc. 1958. It is a port with railroad-owned and -operated docks. The city has industries producing oil, chemicals, and metal products. ), on August 5 at about 11:30 a.m., 36-year-old Eddie Valdez, Jr. arrived at his great-uncle's house in Klamath Falls Klamath Falls, city (1990 pop. 17,737), seat of Klamath co., SW Oreg., at the southern tip of Upper Klamath Lake; inc. 1905. It is the processing and distribution center of a lumber, livestock, and farm area. , behaving erratically--behavior consistent with that of a whacked-out drug user. Valdez stabbed his 80-year-old great-uncle William Hargrove and Hargrove's friend William Soraham. Valdez then walked next door and stabbed his 51-year-old uncle Ricky Hargrove. When Valdez left Ricky's house and began walking back toward William's house, Ricky pursued him with a shotgun shotgun: see small arms. shotgun Smoothbore shoulder firearm designed to fire a number of pellets, or shot, that cover a large target area after they leave the muzzle. It is used mainly against small game such as birds. . Ricky shot and killed Valdez in William's driveway with two blasts of the shotgun. The district attorney sent the case to a grand jury to determine whether Ricky should go to trial or whether the shooting was justified. The jury decided that it was a case of self-defense because Ricky reasonably feared for his own life and that of his 14-year-old daughter. |
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