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COCKEYSVILLE, Md. (WJZ) ― The execution-style murders of a Baltimore County family have stunned a community.  Members will come together Tuesday night to remember the victims of this unthinkable crime.

Derek Valcourt reports 15-year-old Nicholas Browning is charged with killing his mother, father and two younger brothers in their Cockeysville home.The tragic story of the Browning family has consumed schools in Cockeysville.

Nicholas Browning, 15, a sophomore at Dulaney High School, is now in jail after being arrested for killing his entire family.

Many classmates feel shocked and betrayed.

"Just how someone could do that because he really seemed like he loved his family," said one resident.

While his family slept inside their Cockeysville home Friday night, police say Nicholas Browning shot and killed his parents and his two younger brothers who both attended nearby Cockeysville Middle School.

Grief counselors returned to area schools again Tuesday.

"Middle school is grief. One of the boys was the mascot at the middle school. He was a beloved favorite and so they are really grieving. For them, it's more of a sadness thing. The high school, it's a little more anger, how one of our own could have done this to anybody," said Lynn Mohler with Baltimore County schools.

It's already been a busy year for Baltimore County trauma counseling teams.

The deaths of the Browning family come a few weeks after five members of a Carney family, including several school children, were killed by a drunk driver while on holiday vacation.

Counselors say the latest tragedy is harder for some students to deal with.

"You can explain that somebody drank too much and got in a car and drove the wrong way and killed the family. That we talked about with Carney. It's hard to explain why. You can't answer why a 15-year-old would shoot his family. You just don't know that there's no real answer to that that we could know yet," said Mohler.



The tragic story of the Browning family has consumed schools in Cockeysville.Nicholas Browning, 15, a sophomore at Dulaney High School, is now in jail after being arrested for killing his entire family.Many classmates feel shocked and betrayed."Just how someone could do that because he really seemed like he loved his family," said one resident.While his family slept inside their Cockeysville home Friday night, police say Nicholas Browning shot and killed his parents and his two younger brothers who both attended nearby Cockeysville Middle School.Grief counselors returned to area schools again Tuesday."Middle school is grief. One of the boys was the mascot at the middle school. He was a beloved favorite and so they are really grieving. For them, it's more of a sadness thing. The high school, it's a little more anger, how one of our own could have done this to anybody," said Lynn Mohler with Baltimore County schools.It's already been a busy year for Baltimore County trauma counseling teams. The deaths of the Browning family come a few weeks after five members of a Carney family, including several school children, were killed by a drunk driver while on holiday vacation.Counselors say the latest tragedy is harder for some students to deal with."You can explain that somebody drank too much and got in a car and drove the wrong way and killed the family. That we talked about with Carney. It's hard to explain why. You can't answer why a 15-year-old would shoot his family. You just don't know that there's no real answer to that that we could know yet," said Mohler.Nicholas Browning confessed early Sunday to police and was charged as an adult with four counts of first-degree murder, police said.

His lawyer asked people not to jump to conclusions about his client, noting he had repeatedly denied killing his family during hours of police interrogation before the alleged confession.

The attorney noted that his client was an honor student at Dulaney High School, considered one of the county's finest schools, and was one interview away from becoming an Eagle Scout.

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