In Detroit, Jamar Pinkney is accused of Killing his 15-year-old son Jamar Pinkney Jr.
The 37-year-old father was denied bond for
allegedly killing his naked son execution style after hearing that the
15-year-old had sexual contact with his 3-year-old half-sister.
allegedly killing his naked son execution style after hearing that the
15-year-old had sexual contact with his 3-year-old half-sister.
Jamar Pinkney Sr., a postal carrier, was charged with first-degree
murder after the execution-style shooting Monday of Jamar Jr. Police
said that after the boy’s mother called her ex-husband to tell him what
had occurred, he came to her home in Highland Park and began beating
the boy. Pinkney then stripped him naked, marched him outside and shot
him in the head.
murder after the execution-style shooting Monday of Jamar Jr. Police
said that after the boy’s mother called her ex-husband to tell him what
had occurred, he came to her home in Highland Park and began beating
the boy. Pinkney then stripped him naked, marched him outside and shot
him in the head.
“He got on his knees and begged, ‘No, Daddy! No!’ and he pulled the
trigger,” his mother, Lazette Cherry, told the Detroit Free Press.
“There wasn’t nothing that my son wouldn’t do for his father. He loved
his father so much.
trigger,” his mother, Lazette Cherry, told the Detroit Free Press.
“There wasn’t nothing that my son wouldn’t do for his father. He loved
his father so much.
“There’s no justification for what he did, you know, downright shoot
your child,” she said. “He didn’t rape her or anything. So why did you
have to come and take matters into your hands? We said we were going to
get him help.”
your child,” she said. “He didn’t rape her or anything. So why did you
have to come and take matters into your hands? We said we were going to
get him help.”
A fund has been established at the Charter One Bank branch in Highland Park to help the family with burial expenses.
Defense attorney Corbett O’Meara said prosecutors should consider the father’s state of mind over the sex abuse report. “If something were to happen that would cause a reasonable person to
lose control of himself, that is something the prosecution would have
to take into account,” O’Meara said outside court. –martin johnson pratt
lose control of himself, that is something the prosecution would have
to take into account,” O’Meara said outside court. –martin johnson pratt
