Alfred Moton Shoots Three Sons, Killing Two Before Police Fatally Shot Him at Pennsauken Home

SHOCK:  Alfred Moton of Pennsauken reportedly shot and killed two of his sons and wounded a third in a horrible case of domestic violence Thursday night. He was later fatally wounded by police at the family home that he had allegedly set on fire.

Police responded at 10:35 p.m. Thursday to a report of a person down in the street and found a 16-year-old boy wounded on Beacon Street near Browning Road, Jason Laughlin, spokesman for the Camden County Prosecutors Office said. Police also found an 18-year-old man fatally wounded on nearby Henwood Avenue, Laughlin said.

Dispatchers then received a report of a fire at 4434 Royal Avenue, which is around the block from the intersection of Beacon and Browning. Police arrived and found Moton in the rear sunroom “with a gun, a lighter, and a can of gasoline,” Laughlin said. Moton charged at three officers and they opened fire, killing him, Laughlin said. A 14-year-old boy was found shot to death in the house. Also in the house was an elderly man, who was not shot but taken to Cooper University Hospital to be monitored, Laughlin said.

The 16-year-old boy was taken to Cooper University Hospital and reported in critical but stable condition with a gunshot wound to the chest, police said. Source

I don't know how any parent could shoot their children, much less causing their deaths. This is a shame and Mr. Moton was spared a trial and the prospect of spending the rest of his life in prison because he was shot by police. There is no justification for this and it is telling that he went on this shooting rampage when the mother of the children was not at home.

UPDATE#1:  Alfred's Moten's children have been indentified as AJ Moton, who died on the street, his 14-year-old brother, Stephen, was found shot and killed inside the home, and Charles remains hospitalized Friday at Cooper University Hospital with a gunshot wound to the chest, authorities said. This is such a horrendous turn of events in the lives of these boys.