McCra GeraldJr

American homicide, age 15 when he murdered his parents and younger sister with a .22 caliber semiautomatic pistol that he had stolen from his grandfolks home. He first shot his mom in the head then went outdoors where he shot his dad and sister who were sitting in the car waiting for the rest of the family to drive to a birthday party. The prior year Jerry had been expelled from high school for carrying a weapon and for bullying others. Once when a teacher refused to allow him to leave the room, he urinated on the floor. His parents continually called the cops because of his violent behavior to them and to his grandparents who lived upstairs. In February 1993 he beat a boy with a hockey stick, fracturing his skull. He was given Ritalin but no psychiatric help. On October 9th, Saturday afternoon, he had a quarrel with his mom about 2:30 PM; he shot her once in the back of the head. Going out, he got into the backseat of the car and shot his sister in the head. His dad struggled with him to get the gun but was shot in the head three times. Jerry then returned to the house where he dragged his moms body upstairs and out to the car, putting her in the back seat by his sister. He pushed his dad out from behind the steering wheel and drove the car to the site of the new home that his dad had been building for the last five years. He spent the night in the unfinished house and was still there the next night when the police came to pick him up. Read less