Boy, 16, charged with murdering his parents, sister and family friend with a semi-automatic rifle minutes before New Year
Shortly before midnight neighbours heard gunfire inside the house in New Jersey
A BOY of 16 used a semi-automatic rifle to gun down his parents, sister and family friend just before midnight on New Year's Eve, US prosecutors said.
Scott Kologi was identified as the shooter who killed his dad Steven, 44, mum Linda, 42, and sister Brittany, 18, at the family home in New Jersey.
“This is totally out of the blue and not something I ever thought this young boy would do
“I don’t know what happened. He was not a violent kid. He was always smiling.”
Joe added Steve, a truck driver, was “a great person”, adding: “He did everything for his family and his four kids.”
He said of Scott: "He was a good kid. He was a little, you know, slow with learning disabilities, but he knows right from wrong."
The teenager is said to have had autism and was cared for by his mother. He did not attend mainstream schools like his siblings, according to reports.
Brittany was a first year health sciences student at Stockton University in New Jersey.
Scott has reportedly been charged with four counts of murder and a weapons offence.
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