Current Events > Elderly couple shot and killed while visiting son's grave

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8323375/Delaware-couple-shot-killed-veterans-cemetery-visiting-sons-grave.html

An elderly couple who were gunned down at a veteran's cemetery in Delaware last week had been visiting their son's grave at the time, their heartbroken children have revealed.

Paul, 86, and Lidia Marino, 85, from Elkton, Maryland, have been identified as the victims of a fatal shooting at Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Bear last Friday morning.

Lidia was pronounced dead at the scene while her husband, who was shot in the back of the head, was taken to the Christiana Hospital where he died later that day.

Police later discovered the 29-year-old suspect, Sheldon C. Francis, dead from a gunshot wound about six hours later in a wooded area.

The slain couple's surviving children, twins Ray and Paul Jr, 60, are now struggling to come to terms with their parents' senseless murders, which have been called a 'random act of violence,' according to the Newark Post.

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Paul, 86, and Lidia Marino, 85, (far right) from Elkton, Maryland, have been identified as the victims of last week's shooting. Their sons, twins Ray and Paul Jr, (center) said their parents were visiting their brother's grave at the time

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Sheldon C. Francis, 29, from Middletown, pictured, was identified as the gunman last week. He was found dead from a gunshot wound a few hours later in a wooded area

The two revealed their mother and father were at the cemetery that morning as part of their daily 'ritual' of visiting their brother Anthony's grave.

Anthony, the couple's youngest son, was born with cerebral palsy and died from complications in March 2017 at the age of 54.

Although Anthony did not serve in the military, cemetery rules allowed his father, a peacetime army veteran in the 1950s, to bury one minor child or child with disabilities at the site.

The parents had been visiting the burial plot every day ever since.

What a senseless crime. I wonder if the gunman had mental health issues or is there some other reason the shooting happened?

Damn thats fucked up.

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I guess it's not a big deal in the news because the victims were old?

BaphometFlux posted...

Damn thats fucked up.

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GodIsImaginary posted...

I guess it's not a big deal in the news because the victims were old?

Just like with the virus

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Who posted #4?

coh posted...

Who posted #4?

@Eevee-Trainer

This user has half the board blocked.

CarrieChan posted...

This user has half the board blocked.

true. not sure what i did to deserve it.
we'll never know.
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That's incredibly sad.

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Why the actual fuck would you attack a cemetary? That's so disrespectful, especially a Veteran Cemetary, respect your fallen warriors.

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