Dad murders wife, son; wounds 2nd son (Axton, Virginia)

Father WILLIAM RONALD CARTER shot to death his wife and 29-year-old son. He wounded a 22-year-old son, who says that Carter called him on the phone and told him he needed to come home right away. Carter than lured the son into the basement and shot him as he was walking down the steps. Miraculously, the son was able to escape. Dad later committed suicide. Unfortunately, the clueless press can find "no motive" and the usual idiotic neighbors are convinced that the family were "nice, Christian people." How about recognizing Dad for what he is: a cold-blooded, manipulative psychopath with no regard for the lives of his wife and children?

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Police: Va. dad lured son home, then shot him

Published: Sunday, Jun. 28, 2009 - 6:48 pm
Last Modified: Monday, Jun. 29, 2009 - 5:47 am

AXTON, Va. -- A college student who was wounded in a shooting that killed his mother and brother told police his father lured him to the family's house in southwest Virginia. The father later killed himself, authorities said.

Timothy Carter, 22, remained in fair condition Monday at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, N.C., according to a hospital spokeswoman.

Authorities said the father, William Ronald Carter, shot his wife, Bonnie, 56, and their 29-year-old son William Ronald Carter Jr. early Sunday. Sheriff Lane Perry said the father shot and wounded Timothy, who was able to escape, and then killed himself before authorities arrived at the burning home.

The three bodies were discovered shortly after midnight in the basement of the home in Axton. The fire is being investigated as an arson, the Henry County Sheriff's Office said in a news release.
The sheriff's office said Timothy Carter told investigators that his father, who was 56, lured him into the basement and shot him as he was walking down the steps. He was shot a second time as he escaped.

Timothy Carter fled to the home of a neighbor, Deborah Akers. She told The Roanoke Times that Carter said that his father had called him at Radford University, about 85 miles away, and told him there was something wrong with his older brother and that he needed to come home right way,

"He said, 'Daddy lied to me,' and that he lured him back home," Akers said.

Deputies recovered a rifle from the scene.

Akers told FOX8 News that Timothy Carter came beating on her door saying, "somebody's after me, my dad's after me to shoot me."

She said she let him in and called 911.

"When he got inside, he said his dad had killed his mother and oldest brother and that he had trapped him," said Akers.

"I've known them my whole life, even when I was in school," she said of the family "They've always been such nice, Christian people. Good people."

Police did not release a motive.