I travel thru Oil city couple times a year .A rural city in the North West Corner of Pa. where Oil was discovered and was once a booming town now part of the rust belt after refiners moved out and not a place you would ever expect such a
headline.
Shocking News a 13 yr old Oil City boy shoots and kills his Loving Grandparents .
It
was a horrific crime as the young man shot and killed his grandparents a
direct shot to the head of his grandmother and then unloading the rest
of the guns clip into his disabled grandfather .
he would then flee to cousins and party with them till he was apprehended.
When asked why he did it he claimed his grandparents insulted his mothers name.
From all accounts he was a mild mannered child but then it appears he started hanging out with the wrong crowd and started getting into drugs at a time when a child is most vulnerable as they go thru puberty. I have seen so many nice young kids turn into complete monsters starting at this age when they get involved with the wrong crowd of people. I have had to watch as a good friend and customers child was arrested and hauled to jail at 16 for stealing from his fathers business and doing drugs and the heart ache it brought my friend.
When his son was finally released from prison after several repeat trips I asked his son why? all he could say was he had no self esteem and hung with the wrong crowd he was now 33 had 2 kids and been divorced twice unfortunately shortly after talking to him he is back in jail again after violating his probation he stole scrap metal from his father and wrecked his truck after getting drunk.
Yet I have other customers whose kids have gone on to great things and raise a family and contribute to society.
But this was never to be for Zachary Proper who recently committed suicide in prison.
With his death go so many unanswered questions and just speculation now as to why he did what he did and how he got there in the first place.
