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[quote=Anonymous]maybe stop speculating so much  - much of what is being guessed at on this thread has already been answered by reputable sources.  the FC Police have released the dispatcher's tape (WJLA).  NOT the girl's 911 call, but the dispatcher relaying information from the girl's call to the police on scene and en route.  The daughter called 911, and said her parents had been shot.  As police arrive at the scene, an officer requested that the dispatcher tell the complainants to step out of the house with their hands up --  the dispatcher relayed that the caller said they are sending 10 year old male outside.  The dispatcher than states "the caller is still upstairs with her boyfriend."  At this point the officer stated, "shots fired." When asked to confirm, the officer replied, "yes."  There is then a few seconds with officers asking if another officer is inside - he says, "yes," and something about "one down" - it is difficult to hear clearly.  An officer states he is in the front door and asked where the other officer is.  As that officer begins to say they are going to be upstairs on the second level, there is a muffled sound and as he continued talking, there is a longer muffled sound (reported to be the daughter screaming) and the officer states, "I think we have the shooter down."  A few seconds later an officer says, "the shooter is 10-61."  {best I can find that means dead}.  There is then several minutes of back and forth of officers en route and then one asks the dispatcher to send a couple of units to "follow the ambulances to the hospital, Reston Hospital."  Clearly it was chaotic as we now know Giampa was not dead, but critically injured.  It is clear from the tape that the parents were both shot, the daughter called 911 while with her boyfriend upstairs, and Giampa was alive until the officers entered the house when he apparently shot himself.

so if you must, google, people, and stop wildly speculating - and spreading lies - about things that are now known.

and please stop second-guessing and demonizing the Frickers.  They were clearly concerned, loving parents handling a deeply disturbing situation in their family the best they knew how.  Almost everything in life can be done "better" with hindsight (think about how many times you've wished you'd handled something better).... but hindsight, by definition, is unavailable in the moment.   None of you know the details of this situation, none of you know the steps they previously took or what they were thinking, none of you know the people involved or the particulars of their mental health and family situations.  And none of you know how you would have handled it in the moment - and I hope none of you ever have to find that out.

Face it, there is no 35-second soundbite that will summarize and explain complicated human emotions and actions - get over it.

Now, let's all try to show our best humanity and give a deeply grieving family the dignity and space they deserve.

haters - don't bother responding as I won't bother to read your posts
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