Dad accidentally shoots son, thought he was a turkey

This is why people shouldn’t go hunting to begin with! How awful. Yeah, great lesson he’s taught his son, how guns KILL people. This makes me sick.

Wow Mike and Sandy, you may be the two most ignorant, narrow-minded, tunnel visioned people in the USA. A man just lost his son and you revert to personal attacks? Obviously you have never come close to feeling the pain of losing a child. Classy. There are other people in this world who live differently than you do, accept that fact. Your comments make me sick.

Poor kid, i feel bad for him.
But hunters are retarded. Way to go, who needs cammo to hunt turkies anyway?
Darwin award to the dad, hopefully he will get shot in a hunting accident.

this is a tragic story, but stuff like this is bound to happen as long as people use guns for recreation. the sole purpose that a gun has is to kill, so here it was fulfilling its’ intended use. going out into the woods with your nine year old son and shooting animals with a shotgun is just retarded. how is this shocking?

There is nothing wrong with owning a firearm or using it for recreation and just because one retard shot and killed his son doesn’t mean everyone will i feel bad for the family because they must be going through really hard times right now but the man is an idiot and should be locked up…

A family has lost a dear little boy. Two little girls have lost their brother. A mother and father will forever grieve this tragedy. It’s easy to sit back and judge people, but to fling insults and ignorance so freely, especially in light of the absolute pain that so many are enduring because of this accident, not only shows lack of class, but lack of compassion and any sort humanity. As a mother, my heart broke when I heard this on the news this evening. It broke for so many reasons. A family will forever ask “What if?” . . . it’s not up to the rest of us to spew our own conclusions or suspicions or otherwise, we just can’t know. I sincerely hope that families can be spared this pain by learning something from tragedy. May this beautiful child rest in peace and my his family know any sort of peace in the coming days.

My heart goes out to the father who made this horriable mistake. One that he will have to live with for the rest of his life. I can not imagine the grief and guilt he must be feeling right now. With that said, shame on Gerry for making those comments about hoping the father will be shot in a future hunting accident. “People” like Gerry, Sandy and Mike are sad, pathetic and hateful. I hope one day they will find peace and purpose in their shallow hurting lives and learn to have true compassion for others in their time of need. But now is not their time. Now is the time to keep the Klaseus’ in our thoughts and prayers so they can find that inner peace.

To Jeff,
Gerry, Sandy and Mike are not pathetic, hateful people. Americans have the hardest time accepting other peoples opinions, as do you. Weather it is a highly intelligent person, or just an ordinary Joe that does not agree with your point of view, you label them as ignorant, when in fact it is you who are ignorant.This is a classic example of people who cannot argue in a mature way.

I feel very bad for this family and I do not wish this too happen to anyone. However, this man should not have brought his young son along on a hunting expedition. He was putting his child at risk, and Dan is right when he said that guns are used to kill. I personally find hunting to be a dated and unnecessary sport, but I respect other peoples way of life. I just wish some of the folks here could respect other peoples opinions.

alright so im this little boys 2nd cousin his wake was today and my family and me went it was one of the sadest things ever my aunt and uncle tony and amber didnt talk at all they were to sad and crying to hard he loved wrestling so in his casket they had wresting toys and other things he loved inside, he was always barefoot to so he was in his casket barefoot i loved that boy to death me and hunter were so close he had two older sisters and they were a real close family hunter meant the world to me so all you a** holes that are in considerate and rude about this shut your holes and go talk s*** somewhere else this isnt high school and trust me id know im in high school and the kids there are more mature then sandy or mark and to those of you that took the time to write something considerate thank you a ton it helps!!!! xoxo nicky

Yes, there were mistakes made last Saturday, and if only we could turn back the clock. This is a true tragedy. Tony Klaseus is a loving father and he is human - he had poor judgment that day. Everyone can nit-pick the entire story, but the end result is the same…Hunter is gone and no punishment could be worse than what Tony is going through right now. Hunter’s wake was the saddest thing I’ve ever experienced – I can’t imagine the devastation and anguish that family is going through. I’d guess Tony would rather be the one in that casket instead of his son, but I pray he can stay strong for his wife and daughters. I wish the news media would have shown the endless line of people waiting to give their condolences to the Klaseus family at the funeral home…people waited for several hours in a line blocks long just to greet the family. I hope that the outpouring of support eases their pain, even just a little. I pray they will get counseling to deal with this terrible loss. My heart aches for all of them and we will miss Hunter’s beautiful smiling face.