Sex = Domestic Abuse

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http://www.click2houston.com/news/4188094/detail.html

Official: Son Mistakes Parents' Sex For Domestic Abuse
Boy, 16, Charged With Assault With Deadly Weapon

HOUSTON -- A 16-year-old boy was charged with shooting his father in their southwest Harris County home Friday, Local 2 reported. The shooting was originally reported as a case of domestic abuse, but deputies said the boy apparently witnessed a sexual act between his parents and thought the father was abusing the mother.

Sheriff's deputies charged the boy with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, a first-degree felony.

Detectives told Local 2 the mother and father were engaged in consensual sex when the shooting occurred at about 3:30 a.m. inside the family's home on Mira Monte near Corta.

Investigators said the couple's 11-year-old son woke up to his mother making loud noises.

"During the course of love making, the wife was evidently being somewhat loud … loud enough to where it woke the children up," Harris County Sheriff's Department Sgt. Mike Smith told Local 2.

The boy woke his brother, who then walked into his parent's bedroom and told his father, 43-year-old Jacob Hughes, to leave his mother alone.

Officials said that is when the teen shot his father in the arm.

Detectives originally told Local 2 that the son said he fired the gun as a way of defending his mother during an argument he thought she was having with his father.

"The children interpreted the noise as their mother being in danger," Smith said. "The 11-year-old went into the room, forcibly went into the room, to protect his mother. (The child) observed his parents making love and got the 16-year-old. The 16-year-old came back in and fired the shot."

After investigating previous problems at the home, officials said there have been previous reports of abuse in the family and that father had been charged and convicted of domestic violence.

Officials said the children feared their mother was being hurt due to their father's previous convictions for abuse and that is the reason the oldest son shot his father.

Authorities said they have not determined whether the mother was screaming for help.

"That is a very important question. I can see why you are asking that. We are trying to work that out right now. We are trying to decide if it was a passionate scream or was it a cry for help," Smith said.

Hughes was transported to a hospital to be treated for his injuries. He was released late Friday morning.

Officials said the couple has been married for 20 years.

[Partizan]

Only in Texas...

[clawhammer]

Originally Posted by Partizan

Only in Texas...

Probably happened in a trailer park too.

[-Josh-]

[crayzayjay]

Deserves it for being a wife-beater

[TexasF355F1]

This story seems kind of odd. It said that they had been called to the house before for domestic abuse. Who knows why exactly this happened. If it was consensual sex then those kids need to get out a little more.

[chacal]

Originally Posted by TexasF355F1

If it was consensual sex then those kids need to get out a little more.

I can accept the 11-year-old son not distinguishing sex from a fight, but the 16-year-old???

[Gotti]

Originally Posted by chacal

I can accept the 11-year-old son not distinguishing sex from a fight, but the 16-year-old???

lol he prolly beats off twice a day he should know the difference between sex and abuse

Unless the father really was abusing the mother, but she said it was consentual sex cause she's scared of him.

[dirtydx]

classic case of Oedipus Complex.

[taranaki]

Sadly, there's a perfectly reasonable explanation.The guy has a history of abusing his wife.What's to say that the kids haven't witnessed it before, and t hasn't included sexual abuse?

[Damien]

Originally Posted by chacal

I can accept the 11-year-old son not distinguishing sex from a fight, but the 16-year-old???

Thinkin the samething. Perhaps if'll come out in court. Perhaps it was abuse and the mother is too afriad or confused right now but will in the end say it was a cry for help.

[Oz]

[Raz_Kaz]

Maybe the've seen teh father rape the mother before and thought this was another instance of that.

[taranaki]

Originally Posted by Raz_Kaz

Maybe the've seen teh father rape the mother before and thought this was another instance of that.

see post 10.

[RickwithaTbird]

well, if you read the story and pay attention, it says the 11yr old forcibly entered the room, and saw it happening, then he went and got the 16 yr old boy, and then he went into the room, then he said, leave my mother alone, and still had time to shoot him while they were having sex. Theres 2 problems with this picture.

1) the parents should have stopped fornicating after the first kid "forcibly" entered the room

2) why does a 16 yr old kid have access to a loaded gun?

I think for sure the man was beating her. Parents dont just keep on fuckin after their kids walk in on them. And if they do, they should go to jail anyways. Then they should stay in jail even longer for having a loaded gun accessible to the kids.

Stupid story. I hope the man goes to jail, and they move out of KOA campgrounds.