A
17-year-old in northern Virginia is facing two counts of murder for allegedly
killing his girlfriend's parents after the couple tried to get their daughter
to stop dating him
because of his suspected neo-Nazi views.
According to
police and family members who spoke to the media, the couple, Scott and Buckley
Kuhn-Fricker, were shot in their home by the teenager, who then shot himself.
Fairfax
County Police spokeswoman Reem Awad said the suspect, whose name is being
withheld by police because he is a minor, is hospitalized in critical condition
with life-threatening injuries. He is under police guard.
Four other
family members who were in the home at the time were uninjured. Buckley
Kuhn-Fricker recently discovered private tweets on her daughter's phone that
concerned her. The tweets, which she believed were connected to the boyfriend,
included one that responded to a photo of a candy shop featuring a Jewish
dreidel with the comment "ima run in there with my swastika armband right
now," the Washington Post reported.
The mother,
according to the Post, wrote to the principal of the school that her daughter
and boyfriend attended, warning him of her concerns. She sent the principal
images showing a Twitter account that had retweeted messages praising Adolf
Hitler, supporting Nazi book burnings and making derogatory comments about
Jews, the Post reported.
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