Feb 6, 2008 6:33 pm US/Eastern
Gun Tragedy Hit Cockeysville Family Decades Ago
BALTIMORE (WJZ) ―
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A 15-year-old boy sits in a Baltimore County jail facing charges that he killed his parents and two brothers, but the same family experienced another gun tragedy more than 30 years ago.
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A 15-year-old boy sits in a Baltimore County jail facing charges that he killed his parents and two brothers, but the same family experienced another gun tragedy more than 30 years ago.
Derek Valcourt reports in 1973 Nicholas Browning's uncle accidentally shot and killed his 15-year-old sister. Now, 35 years later, the same family prepares to bury four more.
In Baltimore County, hundreds gathered to grieve and to heal in the wake of the Cockeysville shootings. The candlelight vigil was organized by the local lacrosse program the two younger Browning boys played in.
The kids and adults got words of encouragement from Ravens kicker and Cockeysville resident Matt Stover.
"As a father, as a husband, as a friend, as a teammate, it's hard. Hard to understand how something like this can happen," he said.
Why it happened may still be a mystery but what happened isn't.
Police say Friday night, while his family slept inside their Cockeysville home, 15-year-old Nicholas Browning shot and killed his parents and two younger brothers, who both attended nearby Cockeysville Middle School.
It's another eerie tragedy for the family of the father, 45-year-old John Browning.
Just 35 years ago, John's brother accidentally shot and killed his 15-year-old sister inside their family home. While that shooting was clearly an accident, police say this latest tragedy wasn't.
In fact, according to our newspaper partner, The Baltimore Examiner, friends say Nicholas Browning had recently begun talking about killing his family.
"He talked about how rich his father was, how he wanted some of that money," a classmate said. "We thought he was kidding."
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