He saw a shadow in his house, he was scared and was killed: he killed his 11 year old son

There is consternation in Guatemala for the death of Jorge David Maradiaga, an 11 year old baby whose father Jorge Antonio Ramírez Coronado killed by mistake. He was afraid to see a shadow in his house at night, so He took his gun and fired. Then he realized the terrible mistake he had made since the murder of his own son. The police found him crying on the baby's body and stopped him.

The crime was committed in the neighborhood Puerto Barrios in Izabal. According to the statement of the accused, he saw in the darkness a shadow that approached his home in the yard. He thought that he was a criminal who was going to enter the property and was scared. He went to take his weapon and shot several times Towards the shade, in total darkness.

After the shots, the worst happened: he realized that he had shot at his 11 year old son, who died instantly.

Police hijacked a 9mm weapon no porterage permit, two rounds and four rounds. The defendant remains in pretrial detention at the disposal of justice, while his son's body was referred to the morgue of the National Institute of Forensic Sciences of Guatemala (INACIF), according to CRN News.

This is not the first time that a father is murdering his son by mistake. In June of last year, in South Africa, a father waited in the car for his son to leave school when he heard a knock on the window. Frightened, he aimed and shot without realizing that It was his son.

When the young man arrived in the vehicle, he saw that his father was asleep and knocked on the window to wake him up and let the door open. His father reacted in the worst way since the first thing he did was shoot, without knowing who it was. The young man died on the way to the hospital.