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A minor incident in line at Costco turns into a deadly bloodbath.
Imagine you are standing in line at Costco waiting to get rotisserie chicken.
You are there with your spouse, and your special needs child, now a grown adult.
Your adult child is upset by the crying from a toddler being held by his father, and in a fit, he whacks the man in the back of the head.
You try to apologize, but the man is upset, so he pulls out a gun and shoots you and your spouse as you try to protect your son.
And when you have fallen, he unloads his weapon on your son and kills him dead right in front of you.
As you lie on the floor in agony, you watch your son take his last breath.
It could have been me and my family
My son is a young man, and at the time of this writing, he is approximately the same age as the victim, Kenneth French.
My son often goes to the local Costco with me and my wife. The only thing separating my family from the French family is luck — nothing more.
If you are the parent of a special needs child who is a grown adult living with you, this could also have happened to you.
