A man shot & killed his 14-year-old son because he was gay [View all]

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By Alex Bollinger · Sunday, November 5, 2017

A 14-year-old boy was killed by his own father Thursday, and people close to the victim say that the man shot the boy out of homophobia.

Giovanni Melton was a student at Coronado High School in a suburb of Las Vegas, Nevada. Friends described him as selfless and charismatic. “It’s just sad. He was young and he had a lot to live for,” senior Bailey Schultz said about Giovanni.

Giovanni and his older brother were living largely alone in a condo, according to neighbors, who knew the boys because they would often ask for food. Court records show that their mother abandoned them and an allegation of child abuse had already been made against their father Wendell, 53.

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Sonja Jones, who described herself as Giovanni’s former foster mother, said that Wendell hated the fact that his son was gay. “Giovanni was abused physically and mentally and spiritually for many, many years,” she said.

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